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B-293531 1 (2004-03-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacypm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I G A 0Comptroller General .. . .Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 D .. Decision Matter of: Entz Aerodyne, Inc. File: B-293531 Date: March 9, 2004 Keith E. Entz, for the protester. Vera Meza, Esq., United States Army Materiel Command, for the agency. Paul N. Wengert, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that contracting agency, in evaluating past performance, improperly placed undue weight on whether offeror had previously produced same item is denied where agency, consistent with the terms of the solicitation which provided that an offeror's past performance producing the same item was most relevant, reasonably assigned a higher rating to awardee's proposal because that firm previously produced the same item. 2. Protest that contracting agency failed to justify selection of another firm, notwithstanding protester's lower rated but lower priced proposal is denied where selected firm was found to have superior past performance, solicitation made past performance the most important factor, and source selection decision document reflected the agency's assessment that experience and expertise in producing item justified paying price premium. DECISION Entz Aerodyne, Inc., a small business, protests the award of a contract to Borisch Manufacturing Company (BMC) under request for proposals (RFP) No. DAAE20-01-R-0236, issued by the Department of the Army for a power switching unit used on the Bradley Fighting Vehicle System and the Abrams Main Battle Tank. Entz challenges the agency's evaluation of the offerors' past performance, as well as the agency's decision to select the awardee's higher rated, higher priced proposal. We deny the protest. The power switching unit being procured is an essential component of the common power control unit, which provides electric power to weaponry on the Bradley

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