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B-284879 1 (2000-06-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptalbu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: -e GeAtOa __Comptroller General of the United States United States General Accounting Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Decision Matter of: DevTech Systems, Inc. File: B-284879; B-284879.2 Date: June 16, 2000 Alex D. Tomaszczuk, Esq., and Dennis E. Pryba, II, Esq., Shaw Pittman, for the protester. Thomas K David, Esq., David, Brody & Dondershine, for Creative Associates International, Inc., the intervenor. John K Scales, Esq., Agency for International Development, for the agency. John L. Formica, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Agency's discussions with the protester were meaningful and not misleading where the agency advised the protester of areas of agency concern with the protester's proposal, and the agency's evaluated concerns were reasonable and not the product of an agency miscalculation as asserted by the protester. 2. Protest that the agency improperly awarded a contract to the awardee on the basis of its lower-priced, lower technically rated proposal where the solicitation emphasized that technical merit was more important than price is denied where the agency reasonably determined that, despite the protester's proposal's 6 percent higher technical score, the proposals were equal with regard to technical merit. DECISION DevTech Systems, Inc. protests the award of a contract to Creative Associates International, Inc. (CAI) under request for proposals (RFP) No. M/OP-99-912, issued by the Agency for International Development (AID), for professional and technical services to support the agency in a number of education-related activities. DevTech contends that the agency failed to evaluate proposals in accordance with the evaluation criteria set forth in the solicitation, conducted misleading discussions, and acted unreasonably in selecting CAI's proposal for award. We deny the protest.

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