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B-276708 1 (1997-07-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptafzl0001 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: DDD Company File: B-276708 Date: July 16, 1997 David B. Dempsey, Esq., and Kevin P. Mullen, Esq., Piper & Marbury L.L.P., for the protester. Benjamin G. Perkins, Esq., Defense Logistics Agency, for the agency. Susan K McAuliffe, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Selection of awardee on the basis of its overall technical superiority and low risk, notwithstanding its higher price, is unobjectionable where agency's evaluation of proposals and determination that awardee's higher-priced proposal was worth the additional cost were reasonable and consistent with the evaluation scheme. DECISION DDD Company protests the award of a contract to Federal Express Corporation under request for proposal (RFP) No. SP0410-96-R-3145, issued by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), Defense Supply Center Richmond, for warehousing, order processing, and expedited transportation services. DDD contends that the agency's decision to award to Federal Express based on its higher-priced proposal was unreasonable. We deny the protest. The RFP, issued on September 30, 1996, contemplates the award of a firm, fixed-price requirements contract for a base year plus 4 option years for a Premium Service System under which DLA's federal agency customers store various equipment and parts at a contractor-owned and -operated facility. The RFP provides for the contractor to receive and store material, maintain inventory control, process customer orders, prepare packages for shipment, maintain appropriate billing, provide quality assurance, and provide commercial, expedited delivery services for the material to any location in the continental United States (CONUS) or outside CONUS (OCONUS). This is a follow-on procurement of a

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