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B-288934 1 (2001-11-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptamsv0001 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: ACC Construction Co., Inc. File: B-288934 Date: November 21, 2001 David E. Hudson, Esq., Hull, Towill, Norman, Barrett & Salley, for the protester. James F. Archibald, III, Esq., Bradley Arant Rose & White, for Caddell Construction Co., Inc., an intervenor. Susan K. Weston, Esq., William A. Hough, Esq., and James R. Thornton, Jr., Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency. Linda S. Lebowitz, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest is denied where the agency's evaluation of the protester's proposal was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation, and where the solicitation provided that the combination of technical evaluation factors was significantly more important than price, the agency reasonably selected for award a higher-priced, technically superior proposal. DECISION ACC Construction Co., Inc. protests the award of a contract to Caddell Construction Co., Inc. under request for proposals (RFP) No. DACA21-01-R-0043, issued by the Department of the Army, United States Army Corps of Engineers, to construct the Separate Battalions Barracks Complex, Phase I, at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. ACC, which submitted the low-priced proposal, challenges the agency's evaluation of its proposal and the agency's decision to award to a firm submitting a higher technically rated, higher-priced proposal. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP, issued on June 21, 2001, contemplated the award of a fixed-price contract to the offeror whose proposal represented the best value to the government, considering technical evaluation factors (past performance, experience, and