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B-278478.4 1 (1998-09-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptahot0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to a I GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: CVB Company File: B-278478.4 Date: September 21, 1998 Robert A. Brunette, Esq., for the protester. Ralph L. Kissick, Esq., Ronald S. Perlman, Esq., and Jeffrey L. Karlin, Esq., Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger, for Pacific Consolidated Industries, the intervenor. John Lariccia, Esq., Marian E. Sullivan, Esq., and Mark Frazier, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Susan K McAuliffe, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest of agency's evaluation of proposals is denied where record shows that evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the stated evaluation factors. 2. Agency's proposed award to offeror that submitted lower-rated, lower-priced proposal in a best value procurement (where solicitation stated that technical merit was significantly more important than price) is proper where the source selection authority performed a rational integrated assessment of the proposals and reasonably determined that the price premium involved in an award to the protester on the basis of its higher-rated, higher-priced proposal was not justified given the favorable level of technical competence available at the lower price. DECISION CVB Company, a joint venture of CV International, Inc. and Bauer Compressors, Inc., protests the proposed award of a contract to Pacific Consolidated Industries (PCI) under request for proposals (RFP) No. F41608-97-R-20209, issued by the Department of the Air Force for self-generating nitrogen service carts (SGNSC). CVB principally contends that the evaluation of proposals and source selection decision were unreasonable and inconsistent with the stated evaluation factors for award. We deny the protest. The RFP, set aside for small business concerns, contemplated the award of a fixed-price requirements contract for a 2-year base period, with a 3-year option

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