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B-274288.5 1 (1997-06-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptafqm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Integration Technologies Group, hie. File: B-274288.5 Date: June 13, 1997 David S. Cohen, Esq., and Laurel A. Hockey, Esq., Cohen & White, for the protester. Terence Murphy, Esq., Patrick H. O'Donnell, Esq., and L. Allan Parrott, Esq., Kaufman & Canoles, for ONYX Engineering, Inc., an intervenor. Marian E. Sullivan, Esq., and Todd A. Anderson, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Paul E. Jordan, Esq., and Paul Lieberman, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Where award without discussions was contemplated by solicitation and two technically acceptable proposals were received, agency properly rejected a third offeror's proposal as technically unacceptable, without seeking correction of an apparent error in third offeror's proposal because the error was substantive and could not be corrected without discussions. DECISION Integration Technologies Group, Inc. (ITG) protests the award of a contract to ONYX Engineering, Inc. under request for proposals (RFP) No. F44650-96-R-0008, issued by the Department of the Air Force as a total small business set-aside. ITG contends that the Air Force improperly failed to seek clarification of a clerical error in ITG's proposal. We deny the protest. The RFP, issued in May 1996, sought up to 99 computerized multimedia presentation systems to be used in formal training classrooms and main briefing rooms located at flight operations squadrons throughout the Air Force's Air Combat Command. Award was originally made to Federal Services, Inc. in August 1996. General Projection Systems and Ultimate Presentations Systems filed protests against the award. In response to Ultimate's protest, the Air Force revised the solicitation and in December 1996 requested all offerors to submit revised proposals for evaluation. The RFP advised offerors that the Air Force intended to evaluate the proposals and award the contract without discussions. Accordingly, offerors were expected to

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