[Request for Reconsideration of Protest Against State Contract Award for Furniture]

A firm requested reconsideration of its protest, which GAO denied in part and dismissed in part, against a Department of State contract award for furniture. GAO had held that State properly evaluated the protester's: (1) bid consistently with the solicitation evaluation criteria; and (2) high-volume experience, even though that was not listed as a criterion. In its request for reconsideration, the protester contended that GAO improperly dismissed the protest without considering allegations that: (1) State failed to justify its evaluation of the protester's alternate proposal; (2) State gave too much weight to certain technical evaluation criteria; and (3) the awardee's bid did not comply with the solicitation requirements. The protester also contended for the first time that State improperly allowed the awardee to modify certain furniture items after award. GAO held that: (1) the protester merely reiterated its prior contentions; and (2) it would not consider the allegation regarding State's modification of the awardee's contract after award, since that was a matter of contract administration. Accordingly, the request for reconsideration was denied, and the additional protest was dismissed.