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B-272526 1 (1996-10-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaejk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Hughes Georgia, Inc. File: B-272526 Date: October 21, 1996 Michael A. Hordell, Esq., and Laura L. Hoffman, Esq., Gadsby & Hannah, for the protester. William C. Herrmann, Esq., for Ainslie Corporation, an intervenor. Major David P. Harney and Nancy Holzwanger, 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 1. Protest that agency improperly failed to perform technical evaluation is denied where the only stated evaluation criteria were price and past performance risk. 2. Protest that agency improperly referred agency determination of small business offeror's lack of production capability to Small Business Administration for consideration under certificate of competency procedures is denied where inadequate production capability was the basis of the agency's nonresponsibility determination and was not part of the technical evaluation. 3. In solicitation for fixed-price contract in which evaluation scheme provided for use of price analysis techniques, agency reasonably concluded that awardee's prices were reasonable based on comparison of competitive offers, prior contracts for the same items, and independent government estimate. 4. In procurement where price is more important than past performance risk, price/technical tradeoff is unobjectionable where agency reasonably concludes that low past performance risk rating is not worth significant price premium (22 percent) and awards to low-price offeror with neutral past performance rating. DECISION Hughes Georgia, Inc. protests the award of a contract to Ainslie Corporation under request for proposals (RFP) No. DAAHO1-96-R-0020, issued by the U.S. Army Missile Command (MICOM) for TOW missile night sights. Hughes contends that the 11091022

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