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B-288128 1 (2001-09-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptamrj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General SIntegrity Reliability of the United States ~ccountabthty Inert Rea iy 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: Korrect Optical, Inc. File: B-288128; B-288128.2 Date: September 21, 2001 Sam Z. Gdanski, Esq., for the protester. Merilee D. Rosenberg, Esq., Philip Kauffman, Esq., and Phillipa L. Anderson, Esq. Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Agency's calculation of the mathematical average of prices submitted by five competitive range offerors, and disclosure of that average price to protester and awardee, who were the only offerors included in the agency's subsequent competitive range determination, did not constitute prohibited communications. 2. Agency's evaluation of protester's technical proposal was reasonable where protester failed to adequately respond to multiple technical weaknesses and deficiencies which the agency had called to protester's attention during discussions. DECISION Korrect Optical, Inc. protests the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) award of a contract to Safe-Lite Optical Company under request for proposals (RFP) No. 590-26-01 to provide prescription eyeglasses for eligible veterans. Korrect protests that the agency engaged in an auction, improperly evaluated technical proposals, and failed to conduct meaningful discussions. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP was issued on February 12, 2001, seeking proposals to provide prescription eyeglasses to eligible veterans at specified VA facilities, and contemplated award of a fixed-price requirements contract for a base period and four 1-year option periods. Section B of the solicitation contained line items for various types of prescription lenses, advised offerors that the agency estimated a total of 18,500 eyeglasses would

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