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B-270645.2 1 (1996-05-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptadzy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Atlantic Coast Contracting, Inc. File: B-270645.2 Date: May 24, 1996 Ronald Draughon for the protester. William R. Purdy, Esq., Ott & Purdy, for American Service Contractors, L.P., an intervenor. Nicholas P. Retson, Esq., and Michael J. O'Farrell, Jr., Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency. Paul E. Jordan, Esq., and Paul Lieberman, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency properly excluded proposal from competitive range which had no reasonable chance of receiving award because it contained significant technical weaknesses and was scored substantially below the higher-rated competitive range proposals. DECISION Atlantic Coast Contracting, Inc. (ACCI) protests the elimination of its proposal from the competitive range under request for proposals (RFP) No. DAKF29-94-R-0010, issued by the Department of the Army for full food services at Fort Dix, New Jersey. ACCI contends that the agency's evaluation of its proposal was flawed and that its proposal should have been included in the competitive range. We deny the protest. The solicitation is for the provision of full food service and dining facility attendant service at various Fort Dix dining facilities. Proposals were to include: a general management summary; information on organization and staffing; evidence of the offeror's past experience in food service and related support service; a detailed phase-in plan; detailed quality control plan; and a complete cost proposal addressing cost realism and other factors. The RFP contemplated award of cost-plus-award- fee contract for a base period with 4 option years. Section M advised offerors of the following technical evaluation subfactors, listed in descending order of importance: organization and staffing (considerably more important than any other subfactor); quality control and general management (of 1005524

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