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B-272820 1 (1996-10-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaejw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE A protected decision was issued on the date below and was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This version has been redacted or approved by the parties involved for public release. Matter of: Professional Software Engineering, Inc. File: B-272820 Date: October 30, 1996 Daniel R. Weckstein, Esq., and Howard W. Roth III, Esq., Vandeventer, Black, Meredith & Martin, LLP, for the protester. William A. Roberts III, Esq., Lee P. Curtis, Esq., and Brian A. Darst, Esq., Howrey & Simon, for Information Management Consultants, Inc., an intervenor. Phillipa L. Anderson, Esq., Dennis Foley, Esq., and Philip Kauffman, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Susan K. McAuliffe, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest alleging that agency failed to conduct meaningful discussions with protester is denied where discussion question reasonably led protester into area of its technical proposal that needed amplification. 2. Protest against award to other than the low-cost offeror is denied where award to higher-rated, higher-cost offeror was permissible under solicitation and agency reasonably determined overall technical superiority and lower risk of awardee's proposal justified payment of cost premium. DECISION Professional Software Engineering, Inc. (Prosoft) protests the award of a contract to Information Management Consultants, Inc. (IMC) under request for proposals (RFP) No. 101-53-95, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) for software development, systems maintenance, and related support services to assist VBA in modernizing its computerized systems for administering monetary benefits to veterans and their families. Prosoft protests the agency's evaluation of its proposal, the agency's alleged failure to conduct meaningful discussions, and the agency's cost/technical trade-off decision. We deny the protest. 3021121

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