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B-408346,B-408346.2,B-408346.3 1 (2013-08-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqda0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Acc ntabty ,i*ngilty I ReliIbikty 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: Kelvin International Corporation File: B-408346; B-408346.2; B-408346.3 Date: August 13, 2013 Jennifer S. Zucker, Esq., John R. Prairie, Esq., Brian G. Walsh, Esq., and Collin D. Swan, Esq., Wiley Rein LLP, for the protester. Steven J. Koprince, Esq., Petefish, Immel, Heeb & Hird LLP, for Hydraulics International, Inc., an intervenor.. Christopher S. Cole, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Charles W. Morrow, Esq., and Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of the awardee's proposal as technically acceptable is denied where the agency reasonably accepted the awardee's responses during discussions concerning the solicitation's maximum weight limit requirement. 2. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of the protester's record of past performance is denied where the agency reasonably concluded that the protester's record did not reflect work commensurate with the requirements of the solicitation. 3. Protest challenging the agency's award decision is denied where the agency reasonably concluded that the protester's limited confidence rating for past performance did not merit a price premium as compared to the awardee's unknown confidence rating. DECISION Kelvin International Corporation, of Newport News, Virginia, protests the award of a contract to Hydraulics International, Inc. (HII), of Chatsworth, California, under request for proposals (RFP) No. FA8533-12-R-30143, issued by the Department of the Air Force, for high-purity, self-generating nitrogen service carts (HP-SGNSC). Kelvin challenges the agency's evaluation of offerors' proposals and the source- selection decision.

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