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B-281352.14 1 (1999-05-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptajgj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: United Housing Services, Inc. File: B-281352.14 Date: May 7, 1999 Glenn B. Stearns for the protester. Bruce M. Kasson, Esq., Department of Housing and Urban Development, for the agency. Henry J. Gorczycki, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of this decision. DIGEST Agency reasonably determined not to include a proposal in the competitive range where the proposal reasonably received an unacceptable rating with a significantly lower evaluation score than the proposals in the competitive range. DECISION United Housing Services, Inc. protests the elimination of its proposal from the competitive range under request for proposals (RFP) No. R-OPC-21230, issued by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for management and marketing services for single family properties. We deny the protest. The RFP, issued on August 17, 1998, contemplated the award of up to 16 fixed-price, indefinite-quantity contracts, covering 16 geographic areas, for I year with 4 option years. RFP Cover Letter at 1, §§ B, M.VI. Offerors could submit proposals for one or more geographic areas. RFP § M.IV(a), at 205. Each geographic area falls under one of four regional Home Ownership Centers (HOC) based in Philadelphia, Atlanta, Denver and Santa Ana, California. RFP § B.11, at 2-4. The Santa Ana HOC is divided into six areas; Area 1, the subject of United's protest, consists of 11 counties in southern California. Id. at 4. The RFP stated that the technical factors were more significant than price. RFP §§ M.III, M.V.A, at 205-06. The technical proposal was to be limited to a maximum of 100 one-sided pages. RFP § L.IX.D, at 196. The RFP set out the following technical factors and their weight on a 150-point scale: Prior Experience - 50 points; Past

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