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United States General Accounting Office
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Decision
Matter of: Al Hamra Kuwait Company
File: B-288970
Date: December 26, 2001
Adel Aziz, for the protester.
Randall E. McGinnis, Echota Technologies, an intervenor.
Kerri A. Cox, Esq., Gregory H. Petkoff, Esq., and Maj. Mark C. Garney, Department of
the Air Force, for the agency.
David A. Ashen, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
Agency properly evaluated the corporate experience of a new business by
considering the experience of a predecessor firm where, although the predecessor
firm still existed as a legal entity, the offeror had acquired all of the predecessor
firm's accounts payable, accounts receivable, equipment, machinery and personnel
(including key personnel, technical staff and other employees), such that the
experience evaluated reasonably could be considered predictive of the offeror's
performance under the contemplated contract.
DECISION
Al Hamra Kuwait Company protests the Department of the Air Force's award of a
contract to Al Musairie National General Trading and Contracting, under request for
proposals (RFP) No. F38604-01-R-0001, for the simplified acquisition of base
engineering requirements (SABER) at Al Jaber Air Base and Ali Al Salem Air Base in
Kuwait. Al Hamra asserts that Al Musairie was ineligible for award, and challenges
the evaluation of past performance.
We deny the protest.
The RFP provided for award of an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract for
a base year, with 4 option years, to furnish the personnel, tools, and materials
necessary for the design, management, and completion of maintenance, repair,
alteration and/or new construction at Al Jaber Air Base and Ali Al Salem Air Base.
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