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 G             A    O                                                  Comptroller General
        Accountability * Integrity * Reliability                        of the United States
 United States Government Accountability Office
 Washington, DC 20548



          Decision


          Matter of: Alliance Worldwide Distributing, LLC

          File:        B-408491

          Date:     September 12, 2013

          Jason Kidd, Alliance Worldwide Distributing, LLC, for the protester.
          C. Joseph Carroll, Esq., Department of Justice, United States Marshals Service, for
          the agency.
          Robert T. Wu, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
          participated in the preparation of the decision.
          DIGEST

          Protest is denied where agency reasonably conducted a price/technical tradeoff and
          determined that awardee's higher-priced proposal warranted payment of a price
          premium.
          DECISION

          Alliance Worldwide Distributing, LLC (AWD), of Knoxville, Tennessee, protests the
          decision to award a contract to RBEX, Inc. d/b/a Apple Towing Co. under request
          for quotation (RFQ) No. DJM-13-A44-Q-0013 by the Department of Justice, U.S.
          Marshals Service (USMS) for towing, maintenance, disposal and storage services
          for forfeited and seized vehicles for the agency's Utah District. AWD argues that
          the agency conducted a flawed price/technical tradeoff resulting in an improper
          award to a higher-priced offeror.

          We deny the protest.

          The RFQ, issued on April 3, 2013, as a small business set-aside, contemplated
          award, without conducting discussions, of an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity
          contract with a 1-year base period and up to four 1-year option periods. RFQ at 1-
          4. The procurement was conducted utilizing simplified procedures under the
          commercial items test program. RFQ, Attachment 1, at 1. Offerors were instructed
          that award would be made on a best value basis, considering technical capability
          and past performance factors which, when combined, were equally weighted with
          price. RFQ at 27. Price was evaluated by adding the total price for all options to
          the total price for the basic requirement. Id. The technical capability factor included

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