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B-270849 1 (1996-05-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaebk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Oklahoma County Newspapers, Inc. File: B-270849; B-270849.2 Date: May 6, 1996 Randy L. Goodman, Esq., and Debby Walden, Esq., for the protester. V. Burns Hargis, Esq., McAfee & Taft, for the Journal Record Publishing Company, an intervenor. Richard P. Castiglia, Jr., Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Marie Penny Ahearn, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Offer submitted in trade name properly was accepted for award where evidence of use of trade name was existing and available to agency at time of award and adequately identified corporation that would be bound by offer. 2. Protest that agency improperly credited experience of predecessor firm to successor awardee is denied where awardee retained a significant number of key personnel and some assets of predecessor firm, thus evidencing continuity of operations between the two firms such that predecessor firm's experience was relevant to predicting successor firm's successful performance of contract. DECISION Oklahoma County Newspapers, Inc. (OCN) protests the award of a contract to the Journal Record Publishing Company (JRPC) under request for proposals (RFP) No. F34650-96-R-0008, issued by the Department of the Air Force for publication of the base newspaper at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. The protester contends that (1) the award improperly was made to a nonexistent entity, and (2) the agency improperly evaluated proposals. We deny the protest. 33556

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