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B-290427 1 (2002-08-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaofo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General Accountability * Integrity* Reliability of the United States United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Gemmo Impianti SpA File: B-290427 Date: August 9, 2002 Claudio Pilotto for the protester. J. Page Turney, Esq., and Robert E. Little, Jr., Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Henry J. Gorczycki, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency's source selection decision is unreasonable where the evaluation supporting the cost/technical tradeoff selection decision contains material defects under two of the three technical factors, and the tradeoff analysis is based on an erroneous assumption about the relative price difference. DECISION Gemmo Impianti SpA protests the award of a contract to Penauille Italia SpA under request for proposals (RFP) No. N33191-02-R-0402, issued by the Department of the Navy, Resident Officer in Charge of Construction (ROICC) Southern Italy, for various services at the Naval Support Activity, Naples, Italy. Gemmo protests the agency's evaluation and source selection decision. We sustain the protest. The RFP contemplated the award of a contract for a 4-month base period, one 8-month option period, and four 1-year option periods for the following services: janitorial, grounds maintenance, refuse collection and disposal, inspection/cleaning of sewer/drain systems, replacement of air filters for air conditioning systems, and service calls. Gemmo is the incumbent contractor for many of these services, although this RFP includes some services beyond those included in the incumbent contract. The RFP included line items for fixed-price requirements and separate line items for estimated indefinite-quantity requirements. Award was to be based on a best value determination, considering price and three technical factors--past performance, corporate capability and quality control. The corporate capability

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