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B-284924 1 (2000-06-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptalby0001 and id is 1 raw text is: -e GeAtOa E Comptroller General of the United States United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Spacesaver Systems, Inc. File: B-284924; B-284924.2 Date: June 20, 2000 William J. Spriggs, Esq., Spriggs & Hollingsworth, for the protester. Jeffrey C. Morhardt, Esq., Department of Education, for the agency. Scott H. Riback, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency improperly performed cost/technical tradeoff under a best value acquisition approach for a Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) purchase without advising vendors of this evaluation method, is denied where record shows that, in fact, agency did not conduct a best value evaluation or perform a tradeoff; rather, agency rejected protester's lower-priced product as unacceptable for failing to meet delivery requirements, and made award to the FSS vendor offering to meet all requirements at the lowest overall cost to the government. DECISION Spacesaver Systems, Inc. protests the Department of Education's (DOE) award of two delivery orders to Capitol Office Systems, Inc. under that firm's Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contract for high density filing systems. Spacesaver alleges that the agency improperly failed to make award to the low-priced, technically acceptable firm, and also failed to afford it an opportunity to respond to a revision to the agency's requirements. We deny the protest. The agency was interested in acquiring approximately 47,000 linear inches of high density filing systems in connection with the move of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) from one location in Washington, D.C. to another. The agency decided to make its purchase from the FSS and contacted five vendors, including the protester, that held current FSS contracts for the filing systems. In this connection, the record shows that on February 29, 2000 the agency provided the

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