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G A 0 Comptroller General
Accountability * Integrity* Reliability 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: Kay & Associates, Inc.
File: B-291269
Date: December 11, 2002
Kevin P. Connelly, Esq., Joseph J. Dyer, Esq., and Grace Bateman, Esq., Seyfarth
Shaw, for the protester.
Douglas M. Flinn, Esq., Sherman & Howard, for Doss Aviation, Inc., an intervenor.
Andrew D. Fallon, Esq., and Gregory H. Petkoff, Esq., Department of the Air Force,
for the agency.
Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
1. Agency's evaluation record reasonably supports evaluation of awardee's past
performance record as [deleted] and protester's past performance record as
[deleted].
2. Agency reasonably concluded that awardee's higher past performance rating was
more valuable to the government than protester's somewhat lower price.
DECISION
Kay and Associates, Inc. (KAI) protests the Department of the Air Force's award of a
contract to Doss Aviation, Inc. under request for proposals (RFP) No. F05604-01-R-
9004 to provide helicopter maintenance services at various Air Force bases. KAI
protests that the agency improperly evaluated Doss's and KAI's past performance,
and failed to perform a reasonable tradeoff between price and past performance.
We deny the protest.
BACKGROUND
On March 6, 2002, the agency issued solicitation No. F05604-01-R-9004 seeking
proposals to perform helicopter maintenance on UH-1N helicopters at five Air Force](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaocrptaoiq0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)