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B-278591 1 (1998-02-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptahpf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Beneco Enterprises, Inc. File: B-278591 Date: February 17, 1998 Patrick S. Hendrickson, Esq., Kirton & McConkie, for the protester. Marian E. Sullivan, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., and Paul Lieberman, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Elimination of protester's proposal from competitive range is unobjectionable where agency reasonably determined that the proposal contained multiple deficiencies in three of five technic al/management evaluation factors, including the two most important factors, as a result of which the proposal would require major revisions to meet the solicitation's minimum requirements. DECISION Beneco Enterprises, Inc. protests the elimination of its proposal from the competitive range under request for proposals (RFP) No. FA4416-97-R-0015, issued by the Department of the Air Force as a Simplified Acquisition of Base Engineering Requirements (SABER) procurement for maintenance, repair, and minor construction work at various Air Force facilities in Maryland. Beneco protests that the agency erroneously determined that Beneco's proposal was so deficient as not to have a reasonable chance of being selected for award. We deny the protest. The RFP, issued by the Air Force on July 28, 1997, contemplated award of an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract for a base period with four 1-year option periods. The RFP provided that award would be made to the offeror whose proposal was most advantageous to the government, considering technical, management, and cost factors, with technical/management factors being of primary importance. Section M of the RFP listed the following technical/management evaluation factors in descending order of importance: (1) project management ability; (2) project development/planning and minimal design; (3) subcontracting support capability; (4) experience and past/present performance; and (5) project execution and technical capability.1 Each evaluation factor and subfactor was to be 1Each factor contained multiple subfactors.

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