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B-280568 1 (1998-10-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptahwc0001 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 GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: Day & Zimmermann/IMR L.L.C. File: B-280568; B-280569 Date: October 19, 1998 Stephen G. Anderson, Esq., Baker, Donelson, Bearman & Caldwell, for the protester. Brian A. Mizoguchi, Esq., Verner Liipfert Bernhard McPherson and Hand, for Royal Ordnance North America, Inc., an intervenor. Bradley J. Crosson, Esq., and Vera Meza, Esq., U.S. Army Materiel Command, 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 Award to offeror submitting higher-priced, technically superior proposal under a solicitation which stated that proposed price was more important than technical evaluation factors was unobjectionable where agency reasonably determined that the awardee's substantial technical advantage warranted payment of the price premium associated with its proposal. DECISION Day & Zimmermann/IMR L.L.C. (D&Z) protests the award of contracts to Royal Ordnance North America, Inc. (RONA) under request for proposals (RFP) Nos. DAAA09-97-R-0044 (RFP-0044) and DAAA09-98-0214 (RFP-0214), issued by the Department of the Army for explosives and a facility use contract for Holston Army Ammunition Plant (HSAAP), respectively. D&Z principally argues that the agency misevaluated the proposals, and made improper awards based on a defective price/technical tradeoff. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND Both solicitations were issued as two-step negotiated procurements. RFP-0044 sought proposals to award a fixed-price contract for RDX/HIIX explosives and other products for 5 years. RFP-0214 sought proposals to award a fixed-price facility use contract for HSAAP for a 25-year period. The solicitations were issued together,

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