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B-291785 1 (2003-03-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacyfu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I G A 0Comptroller General A- Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Rodgers Travel, Inc. File: B-291785 Date: March 12, 2003 Mark Pestronk, Esq., for the protester. Clarence D. Long, III, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Paul E. Jordan, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Under solicitation for fixed-price contract that provided for a price realism evaluation, agency reasonably evaluated awardee's low price where it verified pricing; reviewed other contracts performed by awardee; considered additional information regarding awardee's reliance on overhead rates and commissions; and analyzed awardee's ability to make a profit while paying Service Contract Act wages. 2. Where solicitation did not provide otherwise, it was proper for agency to consider in past performance evaluation awardee's experience performing similar services as a subcontractor. DECISION Rodgers Travel, Inc. protests the award of a contract to Kola Nut Travel, Inc. (KNT) under request for quotations (RFQ) No. F29650-02-T-0084, issued by the Department of the Air Force for travel services at Kirtland Air Force Base (AFB), New Mexico. Rodgers challenges the agency's price realism analysis and past performance evaluation. We deny the protest. The RFQ, a section 8(a) small business set-aside, sought quotes to provide all personnel, equipment, tools, materials, supervision and other items/services to manage and operate a commercial travel office at Kirtland AFB. The RFQ contemplated the issuance of purchase orders for the 10-month base period (an estimated 16,800 transactions) and six 6-month options (an estimated 12,600 transactions per option). Quotes were to be evaluated on the basis of past

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