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United States General Accounting Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a
GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been
approved for public release.
Decision
Matter of: Kira, Inc.; All Star Maintenance, Inc.
File: B-291507; B-291507.2
Date: January 7, 2003
Alan M. Grayson, Esq., and James A. McMillan, Esq., Grayson, Kubli & Hoffman, for
Kira, Inc., and Mitchell W. Quick, Esq., Michael Best & Friedrich, for All Star
Maintenance, Inc., the protesters.
Timothy H. Power, Esq., for Dellew-PEMCO JV, an intervenor.
John D. Inazu, Esq., and C. Gordon Jones, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the
agency.
Linda S. Lebowitz, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
Where proposals were reasonably evaluated as technically equal in the area of past
performance (the only technical evaluation factor), agency reasonably selected for
award the proposal of the firm proposing the lowest price.
DECISION
Kira, Inc. and All Star Maintenance, Inc. protest the award of a contract to
Dellew-PEMCO JV, under request for proposals (RFP) No. F64605-02-R-0003, issued
by the Department of the Air Force for maintenance services in support of over
2,200 military family housing units at the Kaneohe Marine Corps Air Base, Hawaii.
Kira and All Star challenge the evaluation of Dellew's past performance.
We deny the protests.
The RFP, issued on June 5, 2002, contemplated the award of a fixed-price
requirements contract to the responsible offeror whose proposal was determined to
represent the best overall value to the government, considering past performance
and price, which were approximately equal in importance. With respect to the past
performance evaluation factor, the RFP stated that the agency would assess an
offeror's past performance as a prime [contractor] or subcontractor on
requirements of similar scope and magnitude. The RFP defined scope and
magnitude in terms of the recency, currency, and relevance of a firm's past
performance. RFP at 57-58. The RFP required an offeror to provide references for](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobacyej0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)