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B-285244 1 (2000-07-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptalcu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: -e GeAtOa E Comptroller General of the United States United States General Accounting Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Decision Matter of: Ostrom Painting & Sandblasting, hie. File: B-285244 Date: July 18, 2000 Michael P. Byrne, Esq., Lane & Waterman, for the protester. Clarence D. Long, III, Esq., and Mark Hanson, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Susan K McAuliffe, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging evaluation of protester's past performance information and award to offeror whose proposal, while slightly higher priced, was rated substantially higher than protester's proposal for past performance, is denied where the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the stated evaluation scheme. DECISION Ostrom Painting & Sandblasting, Inc. protests the award of a contract to BMAR & Associates, Inc. by the Department of the Air Force under request for proposals (RFP) No. F32605-99-R0016 for military family housing maintenance services at Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota. Ostrom contends that the agency unreasonably evaluated its proposal under the past performance evaluation factor and improperly awarded the contract to BMAR at a higher price than that proposed by Ostrom. We deny the protest. The RFP, issued on December 30, 1999, contemplated the award of a fixed-price, requirements-type contract for a base year and 4 option years. RFP Schedule of Supplies/Services. The RFP's performance requirements include routine and emergency maintenance and repair services (including plumbing, electrical, mechanical, and structural work) for 1,769 military family housing units. Examples of the required range of services under the RFP include: equipment maintenance and repair services involving, for instance, gas furnaces, gas and electric water heaters, and smoke and carbon monoxide detectors; recurring interior maintenance related

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