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B-278185 1 (1997-12-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptagez0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Environmental Training and Consulting International, Inc. File: B-278185 Date: December 5, 1997 Jeanne C. Crouch for the protester. Sherry Kinland Kaswell, Esq., and Alton E. Woods, Esq., Department of the Interior, for the agency. Henry J. Gorczycki, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency reasonably determined that a quotation for training services which submitted for evaluation the actual materials to be used for the solicited training represented a better value to the government, all other factors being essentially equal, than a quotation which only submitted materials designed for the training needs of other clients together with a proposal to design the materials to be used to address the agency's needs. DECISION Environmental Training and Consulting International, Inc. (ETCI) protests the award of a purchase order to Franklin Covey Co. under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 1435-03-97-RQ-00062, issued by the Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service (MMS), for in-house training on the implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and preparation of NEPA documents. We deny the protest. MMS conducted this procurement pursuant to the small purchase procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation, Part 13. The RFQ, issued on August 26, 1997, solicited quotations for instructional materials, a training course, and a trainer, for which award of a purchase order would be made on a best value basis. The stated evaluation factors were price, information submitted, and adherence to the stated specifications.1 Quoters were to submit information establishing the firm's/trainer's 1Although the RFQ stated that price was significant, it did not state the relative importance of each of the factors. In such cases, we assume that the evaluation factors are of equal importance. See Ogden Support Servs., Inc., B-270354, Feb. 28, 1996, 96-1 CPD T 175 at 2 n.2.

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