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B-280176 1 (1998-09-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptahus0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: California Resources File: B-280176 Date: September 8, 1998 Kelly T. Smith for the protester. Pamela Reiner Waldron, Esq., Social Security Administration, 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 Selection of slightly higher quote was proper where experience and past performance were more important than price, and agency reasonably evaluated protester's experience as deficient. DECISION California Resources protests the selection of Riojas Enterprises, Inc. (REI) under request for quotations (RFQ) No. SSA-RFQ-98-3446, issued by the Department of Health and Human Services, Social Security Administration (SSA), for the relocation of SSA records from 10 locations to the SSA National Records Center (NRC) in Independence, Missouri. California Resources objects to the evaluation of its quote and selection of REI at a higher price. We deny the protest. The procurement was conducted as a small business set-aside under the Simplified Acquisition Procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 13.5. The RFQ was to lead to a fixed-price, indefinite-quantity contract for 1 base year, with four 1-year options. The contractor was to provide all necessary management, personnel, materials, services, facilities and equipment necessary to relocate boxes filled with confidential SSA records. SSA personnel were to pack and sequentially number the boxes, the tops of which were to remain open. The contractor was responsible for palletizing and shrink-wrapping the boxes, loading the palletized boxes into trucks, shipping the boxes to the NRC, and unloading the boxes and moving them to shelves in proper sequential order. The 10 loading sites are located in 7 different states.

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