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B-275436 1 (1997-02-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptafun0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Best Foam Fabricators, Inc. File: B-275436 Date: February 20, 1997 William E. Hughes III, Esq., Whyte Ilirschboeck Dudek S.C., for the protester. John E. Lariccia, Esq., and Lawrence W. Kelly, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Jeanne W. Isrin, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that evaluation method provided for under Blue Ribbon Program (BRP) should not have been applied in lieu of Performance-Price Trade-Off method, and that award to Blue Ribbon Contractor at higher evaluated price therefore was improper, is denied where record shows that items were urgently needed to meet essential mission requirements, which is one of the circumstances under which the BRP may be invoked. DECISION Best Foam Fabricators, Inc. protests the award of a contract to Engineered Fabrics Corporation (EFC) under request for proposals (RFP) No. F09603-96-R-20365, issued by the Department of the Air Force for 180 foam block assemblies for the F-15 aircraft main fuel tank. We deny the protest. The RFP (issued May 29, 1996) contemplated award of a fixed-price contract, was restricted to qualified sources, and provided for the addition of a 10-percent evaluation factor to all offers other than those of small disadvantaged businesses (SDB). See Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement § 252.219-7006. The RFP provided that award was to be based on the best value to the government, and that the Performance-Price Trade-Off (PPT) technique for determining best value would be applied as follows: all technically acceptable offers would be ranked by evaluated price and assigned a performance risk rating (low, moderate or high). If the low technically acceptable offer also received a low performance risk rating, it would be deemed the best value; if the low acceptable offer received a moderate or high risk rating, the source selection authority would use good business judgment in making the best value award decision. 1057220

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