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B-292982,B-292982.2 1 (2003-12-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacynf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I G A 0 Comptroller General ........ 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: The Paintworks, Inc. File: B-292982; B-292982.2 Date: December 23, 2003 James S. DelSordo, Esq., for the protester. Maj. Lawrence M. Anderson, and Capt. Kenneth L. Hobbs, 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 evaluation of proposals is denied where record shows agency's evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation's evaluation factors and applicable procurement rules. DECISION The Paintworks, Inc. protests the award of a contract to Meneses & McFadden/Cartor/VHC Joint Venture (MMF) under request for proposals (RFP) No. F61040-03-R-0008, issued by the Department of the Air Force for a paint booth facility at Lajes Field, Azores, Portugal. Paintworks primarily contends that the agency unreasonably credited MMF with the experience and past performance of its subcontractor, Spray Systems, Inc. We deny the protest. The solicitation required installation of a paint booth facility (large enough for oversized vehicles) on a concrete slab. Award was to be made to the firm offering the best value to the agency in terms of technical capability (rated on a pass/fail basis), and a tradeoff between past/present performance and price (where performance and price were of equal importance). For the evaluation of past/present performance, offerors were to provide information about their relevant experience providing paint booths or similar work; either government or private industry references were to be provided for similar services performed within the past 5 years. Adjectival performance ratings were to be assigned, ranging from unsatisfactory to exceptional; firms with limited or no recent performance experience were to be rated as neutral/unknown.

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