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B-270585 1 (1996-03-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptadzq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Shelby's Gourmet Foods File: B-270585 Date: March 22, 1996 Albert S. C. Millar, Jr., Esq., for the protester. Michael Trovarelli, Esq., Susan L. Extein, Esq., Defense Logistics Agency, for the agency. Christine Davis, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency reasonably eliminated the protester's seriously deficient proposal from the competitive range in a prime vendor procurement to obtain full line food supplies for five military bases, where the proposal did not adequately describe how the protester would satisfy a contract of this scope and complexity. DECISION Shelby's Gourmet Foods protests the rejection of its proposal from the competitive range and the terms of request for proposals (RFP) No. SP0300-95-R-4000, issued by the Department of Defense (DOD), Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), to obtain a prime vendor to supply a full line of food products to various military installations in North Carolina. We deny the protest. In 1993, DOD introduced the Prime Vendor acquisition method of procuring food products, which is designed to use commercial practices and commercial items to the greatest extent possible. Traditionally, DOD purchased a single food item or a limited number of items per solicitation; used military specifications to define the item(s); and provided for delivery to DOD depots where the government would store and redistribute the food in response to customer requests. In contrast, under the Prime Vendor acquisition method, a single contractor supplies a full line of commercially available food products; uses electronic catalogues and an electronic ordering system; and employs a commercial distribution system. Under such a distribution system, each military installation orders its immediate food requirements from the contractor, who supplies the food directly to the installation in routine, bulk shipments. 748322

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