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B-275518.2 1 (1997-05-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptafuu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE A protected decision was issued on the date below and was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This version has been redacted or approved by the parties involved for public release. Matter of: Tecom, Inc. File: B-275518.2 Date: May 21, 1997 Theodore M. Bailey, Esq., for the protester. William F. Savarino, Esq., Cohen & White, for Baker-Serco Joint Venture, an interveno r. John E. Lariccia, Esq., Deborah Muldoon, Esq., and Nike Nihiser, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Linda C. Glass, Esq., and Paul I. Lieberman, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Agency's price realism evaluation for award of a firm, fixed-price contract is unobjectionable where it is based on cost and price information submitted by the offerors which reasonably supports the conclusion that proposed prices were reasonable. 2. Protest challenging the evaluation of technical proposals is denied where evaluation record shows that evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation's evaluation criteria. DECISION Tecom, Inc. protests the award of a contract to Baker-Serco Joint Venture under request for proposals (RFP) No. F33601-96-R-9009, issued by the Department of the Air Force for vehicle operations and maintenance services at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Tecom asserts that the Air Force did not perform a sufficient price realism analysis as required by the RFP, misevaluated the technical proposals, and improperly awarded the contract to Baker-Serco on the basis of its lower price when the solicitation emphasized that technical factors were more important than price. We deny the protest. The RFP, issued on July 10, 1996, contemplated the award of a firm, fixed-price service contract with award fee for the operation and maintenance functions of the vehicle fleet for a base contract period with four 1-year options. The services

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