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B-291791 1 (2003-03-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacyhg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I G A 0Comptroller General A- Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States 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: Data Monitor Systems, Inc. File: B-291791 Date: March 27, 2003 Donald E. Barnhill, Esq., Barnhill & Associates, for the protester. Craig A. Holman, Esq., and Kara L. Daniels, Esq., Holland & Knight, for Phoenix Management, Inc., an intervenor. Gregory H. Petkoff, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Susan K. McAuliffe, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest of selection of slightly higher-priced offeror with higher-rated past performance is denied where selection decision was consistent with solicitation scheme and reflected a reasonable price/past performance tradeoff. DECISION Data Monitor Systems, Inc. (DMS) protests the selection of Phoenix Management, Inc. (PMI) under request for proposals (RFP) No. F04666-01-R-0003, issued by the Department of the Air Force for base operation services at Beale Air Force Base. The Air Force issued the RFP in connection with an Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-76 commercial activities study. DMS questions the agency's evaluation of proposals, contends that the agency should have given greater weight to the extent of each offeror's aircraft maintenance experience due to the importance of the base's aircraft reconnaissance work, and argues that the agency improperly determined that PMI's higher-rated, slightly higher-priced proposal offered the best value to the agency. We deny the protest. The Air Force issued the RFP to select a commercial offeror to compete against the government's in-house most efficient organization (MEO) pursuant to the

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