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A         G    A    O                                                 Comptroller General
.       Accountability * Integrity * Reliability                       of the United States
United States Government Accountability Office
Washington, DC 20548



          Decision


          Matter of: United Paradyne Corporation

          File:        B-297758

          Date:        March 10, 2006

          Joseph Hasay for the protester.
          David B. Dempsey, Esq., Kristen E. Ittig, Esq., and Anand Ramana, Esq., Holland &
          Knight LLP, for Four Winds Services, Inc., the intervenor.
          Eric Kattner and Maj. Jeffrey Branstetter, Department of the Air Force, for the
          agency.
          Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the
          General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
          DIGEST

          Protest that past performance evaluation was unreasonable is sustained where
          agency used methodology to determine performance confidence ratings that
          improperly penalized offerors with relevant experience for their non-relevant
          experience and that effectively gave equal weight to highly relevant and non-relevant
          performance.
          DECISION

          United Paradyne Corporation (UPC) protests the decision not to select its proposal
          for award under request for proposals (RFP) No. FA8601-05-R-0050, issued by the
          Department of the Air Force for fuels management services at Wright-Patterson Air
          Force Base (AFB), Ohio. The protester contends that the Air Force's evaluation of
          its past performance and the agency's best value tradeoff determination were
          unreasonable.

          We sustain the protest.

          The RFP, which contemplated the award of a fixed-price contract, provided for the
          evaluation of proposals on the basis of three factors: mission capability, past
          performance, and price. Mission capability was to be evaluated on an
          acceptable/unacceptable basis, with only those proposals receiving ratings of
          acceptable proceeding to evaluation of past performance and price. Past

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