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B-409233 1 (2014-02-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqbx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability 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. D e c i s i o n L .-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . . .. Matter of: Veterans Elite, Inc. File: B-409233 Date: February 10, 2014 Robert J. Symon, Esq., and Aron C. Beezley, Esq., Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, for the protester. W. Michael Rose, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Agency reasonably assigned protester a past performance rating of satisfactory confidence where past performance questionnaires completed by protester's references rated protester's performance as satisfactory. 2. In solicitation providing for comparative evaluation of proposals under past performance and price factors only, contracting officer's selection of higher-priced proposals with higher past performance ratings for award reflects her reasonable conclusion that higher performance confidence is worth a price premium. DECISION Veterans Elite, Inc. (VEI), of Brick, New Jersey, protests the award of contracts to Mellor Contracting (Mellor), of Manasquan, New Jersey; American Commercial Group (ACG), of Bethesda, Maryland; and M.E.R.I.T. Investigative Services, Inc. (MERIT), of Newark, New Jersey, under request for proposals (RFP) No. FA4484- 13-R-001 3, issued by the Department of the Air Force for mechanical work at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. The protester argues that the agency improperly evaluated its past performance and the best value decision was flawed. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP, which was issued on June 21, 2013, contemplated the award of three indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) task order contracts for inspection,

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