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B-405123 1 (2011-08-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadoik0001 and id is 1 raw text is: J G A Comptroller General Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office DOCUMENTFoR-PUBICRELEASE 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: Vital Link, Inc. File: B-405123 Date: August 26, 2011 Stan Hinton, Esq., Stan Hinton Law Office, for the protester. Richard J. Leidl, Esq., Richard J. Leidl, PC, for Atec, Inc., an intervenor. Col. Mark S. Teskey, Amanda M. Willis, Esq., Maj. Christy J. Barry, and Kurt H. Eberle, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Jacqueline Maeder, Esq., and Scott H. Riback, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency's evaluation of awadee's past performance as relevant was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation, which afforded the agency the discretion to consider past performance examples involving similar--but not identical--efforts in determining relevance. DECISION Vital Link, Inc., of Sealy, Texas, protests the award of a contract to Atec, Inc., of Stafford, Texas, under request for proposals (RFP) No. FA81 00-11 -R-0007, issued by the Department of the Air Force for the relocation, and repair/refurbishment of two A/F32T-9 (T-9) noise suppressors and the fabrication and installation of thrust frames and testing systems within each T-9. The protester contends that the evaluation of Atec's past performance was unreasonable. We deny the protest. The RFP, issued March 2, 2011 under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12, Commercial Items, contemplated the award of a 15-month fixed-price contract for: (1) relocation of two T-9 noise suppressors (one from Canon Air Force Base, New Mexico; one from Aviano Air Base, Italy) to Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma; (2) repair/refurbishment of the T-9s; and (3) fabrication and installation of a thrust frame system within each T-9. Agency Report (AR), Tab 1, Memorandum of Law, at 2; AR, Tab 2, Contracting Officer (CO) Statement, at 2. The T-9 noise suppressor is a large structure (11,232 square feet and 28 feet 7 inches high) used by the Air

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