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B-297084 1 (2005-11-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaqza0001 and id is 1 raw text is: A G A O Comptroller General . Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability 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: AP World Services, Inc. File: B-297084 Date: November 1, 2005 Michael R. Charness, Esq., and Amy R. Napier, Esq., Vinson & Elkins LLP, for the protester. William A. Roberts, Esq., Philip J. Davis, Esq., Richard B. O'Keeffe, Esq., Michael S. Caldwell, Esq., and Antonella Karlin, Esq., Wiley Rein & Fielding LLP, for EJB Facilities Services, Inc., an intervenor. Richard G. Welsh, Esq., and Amy M. Steed, Esq., Naval Facilities Engineering Command, for the agency. Mary G. Curcio, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Where solicitation provided for the relative weighting of evaluation factors in the evaluation, rather than mere review for acceptability, agency properly considered extent to which proposals exceeded solicitation requirements. 2. Protest that agency failed to hold meaningful discussions with protester is denied where protester's proposal was rated at least acceptable under all evaluation categories, and protester does not point to any specific item that agency failed to discuss that kept protester from having a reasonable chance of receiving award. 3. Where agency determined that protester's price was reasonable, agency was not required to inform protester during discussions that its price was significantly higher than prices of competing offerors and government estimate. DECISION IAP World Services, Inc. protests the award of a contract to EJB Facilities Services under request for proposals (RFP) No. N44255-04-R-0003, issued by the Department of the Navy for base operations, security and maintenance for specified facilities in the Navy's Northwest Region. IAP principally asserts that the agency applied unstated evaluation criteria and failed to provide meaningful discussions.

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