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B-276093 1 (1997-05-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptafxj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Wastren, Inc. File: B-276093 Date: May 12, 1997 Brad R. Wright, Esq., Wright Law Offices, for the protester. Nicole Porter, Esq., and Gena Cadieux, Esq., Department of Energy, for the agency. Tania L. Calhoun, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that contracting agency improperly failed to evaluate proposals reasonably and in accordance with the solicitation's stated evaluation criteria is denied where the record does not support the allegations; a protester's mere disagreement with the agency's conclusions does not render the evaluation unreasonable. DECISION Wastren, Inc. protests the award of a contract to East Tennessee Mechanical Contractors (ETMC) under request for proposals (RFP) No. DE-RP05-96OR22416, issued by the Department of Energy (DOE) for the provision of facility and equipment maintenance and water plant operations to DOE's Oak Ridge Operations Office in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Wastren argues that DOE improperly evaluated pro po sals. We deny the protest. DOE's Oak Ridge Operations Office requires a contractor to operate and maintain a 28 million gallons per day (MGD) municipal water treatment plant (the Oak Ridge water plant) and its related facilities; operate and maintain vehicle and heavy equipment maintenance and repair facilities; maintain various paved roads and grounds; and provide miscellaneous facility maintenance services and other support activities. The solicitation, issued as a small business set-aside on April 12, 1996, anticipated the award of a cost-plus-award fee contract to run for a 3-year base period, with an additional 2-year option period. Award would be made, without discussions, to the firm whose offer represented the best value to the government, considering technical and business management factors and cost. To determine which proposal represented the best value to the government, DOE would weigh the apparent advantages of individual technical and 85444

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