B-279756,B-279756.2: Jul 17, 1998

A firm protested a United States Marshals Services (USMS) contract award for services involving the disposal of vehicles seized by the government, contending that: (1) it should have been awarded the contract based upon its many years of successful performance of such contracts and because its proposed price was less than the awardee's; and (2) USMS failed to follow the solicitation's evaluation s...

B-279756,B-279756.2: Jul 17, 1998

Higher-priced proposal was permissible where the request for proposals (RFP) stated that technical evaluation factors were considered more important than price. The protester contends it should have been awarded the contract based upon its many years of successful performance of such contracts and because its proposed price was less than the awardee's. The protester also contends that the agency f...