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B-404952,B-404952.2 1 (2011-07-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadbwg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: JG A O Comptroller General Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC REEASE 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: Explo Systems, Inc. File: B-404952; B-404952.2 Date: July 8, 2011 Marshall J. Doke, Esq., Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP, for the protester. Kevin C. Dwyer, Esq., and Hillary B. Levun, Esq., Jenner & Block LLP, for General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, Inc., an intervenor. Debra J. Talley, Esq., and Bradley J. Crosson, Esq., Department of the Army, and John W. Klein, Esq., and Sam Q. Le, Esq., Small Business Administration, for the agencies. Linda C. Glass, Esq., and Sharon L. Larkin, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. In a procurement that required a best value tradeoff, agency was required to apply Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) price evaluation preference in evaluating proposals, even though HUBZone proposal was lower in price than the large business proposal, where the plain language of the solicitation, which incorporated Federal Acquisition Regulation clause 52.219-4, required that the price evaluation preference be applied. 2. Protest that agency misevaluated awardee's proposal under two technical subfactors and the past performance factor is denied, where the evaluation is consistent with the criteria stated in the solicitation. DECISION Explo Systems, Inc., a HUBZonel small business contractor, of Minden, Louisiana, protests the award of a contract to General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, Inc., (GD-OTS), a large business in St. Petersburg, Florida, under request for proposals (RFP) No. W52P1 J-1 0-R-0060, issued by the Department of the Army for the demilitarization and disposal of eight families of conventional ammunition. 1 HUBZone refers to historically underutilized business zone.

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