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B-276424 1 (1997-06-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptafyi0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Management Resources, Inc. File: B-276424; B-276424.2 Date: June 13, 1997 Robert M. Cambridge, Esq., for the protester. James D. Bachman, Esq., and Michael F. Mason, Esq., Doyle & Bachman, for Strategic Analysis, Inc., an intervenor. Robert Swennes, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Mary G. Curcio, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Evaluation using adjectival ratings supported by narrative assessments which detail the strengths and weaknesses in each proposal is sufficient to provide the source selection official with a clear understanding of the relative merits of proposals so that an appropriate source selection decision can be made. DECISION Management Resources, Inc. (MRI) protests the award of a contract to Strategic Analysis, Inc. (SAI) under request for proposals (RFP) No. N00014-95-R-0001, issued by the Department of the Navy for technical and administrative support for the Joint Director of Laboratories. We deny the protest. The solicitation, issued in 1995, provided for award on a best value basis and set forth three evaluation factors (in descending order of importance): technical approach, qualifications (comprised of three subfactors: personnel, corporate experience and corporate resources), and cost. Award initially was made to MRI. SAI challenged that award in a complaint filed in United States District Court, which ultimately found the award improper. As a result, the Navy reopened the competition, requesting and receiving best and final offers (BAFO) from MRI and SAI. Individual evaluators initially rated the proposals under each factor with one of four adjectival ratings--exceptional, fully qualified, marginal or unacceptable; the evaluators then assigned a consensus rating for each noncost factor. The Navy found the proposals equal with respect to the noncost factors, and awarded a contract to SAI based on its lower proposed cost ($1.5 million versus $2.2 million).

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