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B-297536 1 (2006-01-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptasmz0001 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: American Material Handling, Inc. File: B-297536 Date: January 30, 2006 A. Sid Goss for the protester. Vera Meza, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency. Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST In a negotiated procurement which provided for award on the basis of a price/technical tradeoff, protest challenging the selection of the higher-priced proposal is denied, where, consistent with the solicitation's evaluation factors, the source selection authority found the awardee's offer of a shorter delivery schedule to outweigh the protester's price advantage. DECISION American Material Handling, Inc. (AMH) protests the award of a contract to JLG Industries under request for proposals (RFP) No. W56HZV-05-R-D134, issued by the U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) for forklifts to be delivered to Iraq. AMH argues that its lower-priced proposal should have been selected for award.' We deny the protest. The RFP provided for the award of a 2-year, fixed-price, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract for the purchase and delivery of tactical, variable reach, all-wheel drive, rough terrain forklifts to Iraq. RFP attach. 001, Specification. 1 The protester was not represented by counsel who could be admitted to a protective order and, therefore, the protester did not have access to source-selection-sensitive and proprietary information. Accordingly, our discussion in this decision is necessarily general. Our conclusions, however, are based on our review of the entire record.