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B-289202 1 (2002-01-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaoce0001 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 Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: John Carlo, Inc. File: B-289202 Date: January 23, 2002 Michael D. McElroy for the protester. Col. Michael R. Neds, and Maj. Robert W. Clark, Department of the Army, for the agency. John L. Formica, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protester's proposal for the rebuilding of a runway was reasonably evaluated by the agency as unacceptable where the protester's proposed organizational structure for accomplishing the project was unclear and where a protester's representative conceded during the presentation/discussion session that he had not read a critical section of the solicitation's specifications. 2. Agency's record of the protester's presentation/discussion session, which consists of only the evaluator's notes, is unobjectionable, where there is no prejudicial difference regarding the protester's and agency's descriptions of what was stated during the session. DECISION John Carlo, Inc. (JCI) protests the award of a contract to Dan's Excavating Inc. (DEI) under request for proposals (RFP) No. DAHA20-01-R-0012, issued by the Michigan Air National Guard, for the rebuilding of a runway, a new drainage system, approach lighting and an electrical vault, for the Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan. The protester challenges the manner in which presentations/discussions were conducted, as well as the evaluation of its proposal and the selection of the awardee's higher-priced proposal for award. We deny the protest. The RFP provided for the award of a fixed-price contract to the offeror submitting the proposal determined to represent the best value to the agency, considering

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