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G A 0 Comptroller General
Accountability * Integrity* Reliability 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: SDS International, Inc.
File: B-291183; B-291183.2
Date: December 2, 2002
Barbara S. Kinosky, Esq., and James S. Phillips, Esq., The Centre Law Group,
for the protester.
Michael A. Gordon, Esq., Holmes, Schwartz & Gordon, for CBD Training, Inc.,
an intervenor.
John D. Inazu, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency.
Charles W. Morrow, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the
General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
Selection of higher-priced, higher-rated proposal, instead of lower-priced,
lower-rated one, was unreasonable where it was based in material part on an
unsupported reported strength in the awardee's proposal.
DECISION
SDS International, Inc. protests the award of a contract to CBD Training, Inc. under
request for proposals (RFP) No. F44650-02-R-0009, issued by the Department of the
Air Force, Air Combat Command Contracting Squadron, Langley Air Force Base
Virginia, for aircrew training and courseware development.
We sustain the protests.
The RFP, issued April 3, 2002 as a small business set-aside, was for aircrew training
and courseware development at the 57th Wing United States Air Force Weapons
School (USAFWS), Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, under a fixed-price contract for a
30-day phase-in period and a base year with 4 option years. In addition to the
training and courseware development requirements, the statement of work (SOW)
required the contractor to maintain the USAFWS's academic database and make it
accessible from the Internet. The SOW explained that [t]he database shall provide
an [I]nternet[-]based Learning Management System (LMS)/Courseware Management
System [(CMS)] that identifies and tracks student deficiencies, provides graduate
critiques, and service as a 'one stop shopping' site for all instructor and student
academic/courseware needs. The SOW further stated that all unclassified material](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaocrptaoii0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)