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B-278855.2 1 (1998-07-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptahqm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to a I GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: Apache Enterprises, Inc. File: B-278855.2 Date: July 30, 1998 J. Michael Slocum, Esq., Slocum & Boddie, for the protester. John J. Pavlick, Jr., Esq., Thomas J. Madden, Esq., and Carla D. Craft, Esq., Venable, Baetjer, Howard & Civiletti, for Luminescent Systems, Inc., an intervenor. Marian Sullivan, Esq., and Janice C. Beckett, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Andrew T. Pogany, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST In evaluation of proposals for aircraft lighting systems compatible with the Night Vision Imaging System (NVIS), contracting agency reasonably assigned awardee's proposal low performance risk rating, notwithstanding its lack of references for NVIS contracts, where solicitation did not require NVIS contract experience, and awardee received good references for its performance of aircraft lighting system c o ntrac ts. DECISION Apache Enterprises, Inc. protests the award of a contract to Luminescent Systems, Inc. (LSI) under request for proposals (RFP) No. F33657-97-R-0010, a small business set-aside issued by the Department of the Air Force for interior and exterior aircraft lighting kits compatible with the Night Vision Imaging System (NVIS). Apache principally asserts that the agency misevaluated LSI's past performance references in awarding its proposal a low risk rating. We deny the protest. The RFP, issued October 28, 1997, contemplated award of a fixed-price contract (with minor cost-reimbursable items) and stated that the agency would employ performance-price trade-off techniques to make a best value award decision. However, the RFP proceeded to define best value as the proposal received from the low, technically acceptable, responsible offeror which has been awarded a low performance risk rating. The RFP provided that award could be made to other than the low, technically acceptable offeror if that offeror was judged to have a not

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