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B-298259 1 (2006-07-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaspr0001 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 Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Southwest Educational Development Laboratory File: B-298259 Date: July 10, 2006 Wesley A. Hoover for the protester. Jeffrey C. Morhardt, Esq., Department of Education, for the agency. Jeanette M. Soares and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest of evaluation of small business subcontracting plan as not consistent with the solicitation is denied where protest is premised upon misinterpretation of the solicitation. DECISION Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL) protests the award of a contract under request for proposals (RFP) No. ED-05-R-0006 to Edvance Research Inc. by the Department of Education for the operation of the Southwestern Regional Educational Laboratory. We deny the protest. The RFP, issued on July 15, 2005, was for a 5-year fixed-price, award fee contract to operate the laboratory. The evaluation factors were price, past performance and technical merit. The technical merit factor had three subfactors: soundness and responsiveness of technical plan to statement of work and expertise, experience, availability and commitment of relevant personnel (90 points); management and organizational experience and capability (10 points); and small business subcontracting plan (25 points). Although price was said to be a substantial factor in the source selection, the quality factors, including technical merit and past performance, when considered together were significantly more important than price. On September 20, 2005, the agency issued amendment No. 4 which added the following with regard to the small business subcontracting plan subfactor:

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