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B-287066 1 (2001-03-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptamon0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General SIntegrity Reliability of the United States ~ccountabthty Inert Rea iy United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: C. Lawrence Construction Company, Inc. File: B-287066 Date: March 30, 2001 Doug R. Lawrence for the protester. Larry E. Beall, Esq., and Joseph A. Gonzales, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency. Charles W. Morrow, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST In a solicitation providing for a tradeoff of past performance and price to determine the award, agency reasonably determined that awardee had more relevant and favorable past performance than did the protester and that this justified the relatively small price premium associated with accepting the awardee's proposal. DECISION C. Lawrence Construction Company, Inc. protests the award of a contract to Lord & Son Construction, Inc. under request for proposals (RFP) No. DACA01-01-R-0003, issued by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, for construction work. Lawrence contends that the Corps unreasonably evaluated its past performance. We deny the protest. The RFP, issued October 13, 2000, contemplated the award of a fixed-price contract to build a 24,000 square foot F-22 aircraft flight simulator and academic training facility at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. The RFP required construction of a single story steel frame building on spread footings with a concrete masonry unit exterior, a standing-seam metal roof, and interior rooms with limited raised flooring and computer room cooling. The estimated value of the project was between $5 and $10 million. The RFP provided for award considering past performance and price, which were weighted equally. Past performance was to be evaluated as a performance risk assessment of the offeror's specialized experience information determined by

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