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B-299322.3 1 (2007-05-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptauea0001 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: Optimum Management Systems, LLC File: B-299322.3 Date: May 23, 2007 Randall H. Miller, Esq., and James N. Phillips, Esq., Holme Robert & Owen, LLP, for the protester. Mike Lebofsky for SofTec Solutions, Inc., an intervenor. Sherry Kinland Kaswell, Esq., Department of Interior, for the agency. Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest of award to offeror with lower-rated, lower-priced proposal is denied where agency reasonably determined that premium involved in awarding to offeror with higher-rated, higher-priced proposal was not justified. DECISION Optimum Management Solutions, LLC protests the decision by the Department of the Interior to terminate its contract and instead make award to SofTec Solutions, Inc. under request for proposals (RFP) No. NBC07003, issued by the Department of the Interior for financial systems support for its National Business Center (NBC). The protester argues that the agency's selection of SofTec for award was inconsistent with the RFP's evaluation scheme. We deny the protest. The RFP, which was issued on November 9, 2006 as an 8(a) set-aside, contemplated the award of a fixed-price, indefinite-quantity/indefinite-delivery contract for a base and 4 option years. The solicitation provided for award to the offeror whose proposal was determined to be most advantageous to the government, with proposals to be evaluated on the basis of the following factors: management approach and technical capabilities, personnel qualifications, organizational experience, past performance, and price. The solicitation advised that the technical and past performance factors, when combined, were significantly more important than price.

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