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B-295582.4 1 (2005-10-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaquu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: A G A O Comptroller General . Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability 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: Brewbaker White Sands JV File: B-295582.4 Date: October 5, 2005 F. Randolph Burroughs, Esq., Burroughs & Rhodes, for the protester. Maj. Lawrence M. Anderson and Eric Beckstrom, 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 of award to offeror that submitted slightly lower-rated, lower-priced proposal in a best value procurement is proper where record shows source selection authority performed a rational integrated assessment of proposals and reasonably determined that (1) both offerors' past performance proposals were essentially equal in terms of performance risk, and (2) despite protester's higher adjectival rating for past performance, price premium involved in an award to the protester on the basis of its slightly higher-rated, higher-priced proposal was not warranted given the acceptable level of technical competence available at the awardee's lower price. DECISION Brewbaker White Sands JV protests the award of a contract to NASCENT Group JV under request for proposals (RFP) No. FA801-04-R-0004, issued by the Department of the Air Force for Simplified Acquisition of Base Engineering Requirements (SABER) services at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico. The protester contends that the agency failed to follow the RFP's evaluation terms, since past performance was the most important evaluation factor, and the protester's proposal received a higher adjectival rating for past performance, but the award was made to NASCENT on the basis of its slightly lower-rated, lower-priced proposal. We deny the protest. The RFP, issued on May 10, 2004, contemplated the award of a fixed-price, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract for a base year and 4 option years for

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