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B-258243.7 1 (1995-09-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptabyx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE A protected decision was issued on the date below and was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This version has been redacted or approved by the parties involved for public release. Matter of: Kay and Associates, Inc. File: B-258243.7 Date: September 7, 1995 Laura K. Kennedy, Esq., Kevin P. Connelly, Esq., and G. Matthew Koehl, Esq., Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, for the protester. Thomas J. Madden, Esq., James F. Worrall, Esq., and Jerome S. Gabig, Jr., Esq., Venable, Baetjer, Howard & Civiletti, for Beech Aerospace Services, Inc., an interested party. William P. McGinnies, Esq., Department of the Treasury, for the agency. David A. Ashen, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency did not conduct a meaningful cost/technical tradeoff before making award to higher-rated, higher-cost offeror for aircraft maintenance services, is denied where (1) cost was less important than the technical factors and (2) the source selection authority identified specific technical discriminators in the awardee's proposal which were likely to assure a highly motivated, productive and stable work force, and increase the operational readiness and mission capability of the aircraft; contrary to protester's argument, there is no requirement that selection of a higher cost proposal be justified through an exact quantification of the dollar value to the agency of the proposal's technical superiority. DECISION Kay and Associates, Inc. protests the determination of the Department of the Treasury, U.S. Customs Service, to affirm its previous award of a contract to Beech Aerospace Services, Inc., under request for proposals (RFP) No. CS-94-004, for aircraft maintenance and related services. Customs again selected Beech's proposal as most advantageous to the government after having reopened negotiations and requested revised best and final offers (BAFO) pursuant to the corrective action recommended in our decision Serv-Air, Inc., Kay and Assocs., Inc., B-258243 et al., Dec. 28, 1994, 96-1 CPD _. Kay challenges the evaluation of cost proposals and the overall cost/technical tradeoff. We deny the protest. 343517

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