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B-280478 1 (1998-10-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptahvu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision A DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE A protected decision was issued on the date below. I This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: Emmert International File: B-280478; B-280478.2 Date: October 7, 1998 Terry W. Emmert for the protester. Joseph J. Jakubik for International Chimney Corporation, an interveno r. Sherry Kinland Kaswell, Esq., and Justin P. Patterson, Esq., Department of the Interior, for the agency. M. Penny Ahearn, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Award to higher-priced offeror was unobjectionable where, in evaluating relative merits of proposals to relocate lighthouse, agency reasonably determined that awardee's proposed soft move was preferable to protester's proposed hard move, and tradeoff decision in favor of awardee's more expensive proposal was consistent with the solicitation. DECISION Emmert International protests the award of a contract to International Chimney Corporation (ICC) under request for proposals (RFP) No. CAHA-175, issued by the National Park Service (NPS), Department of the Interior for relocation of the Cape Hatteras Light Station at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Dare County, North Carolina. Emmert objects to the agency's evaluation of proposals and to the selection of ICC's more costly proposal for award. We deny the protest. The procurement was conducted under design-build procedures in two phases. In the first phase, six firms submitted qualification statements. Two firms, the protester and the awardee, were determined highly qualified and were invited to compete in phase two, at issue here, for a base design services contract, including the transportation system for the lighthouse and associated structures, and a construction services option to be awarded contingent upon funding availability.

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