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B-271197 1 (1996-06-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaedh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Cartridge Technology Network, Inc. File: B-271197 Date: June 3, 1996 David S. Cohen, Esq., and Victor G. Klingelhofer, Esq., Cohen & White, for the protester. Christopher G. Lill, for American Laser, Inc., an intervenor. Benjamin G. Perkins, Esq., Defense Logistics Agency, for the agency. Sylvia Schatz, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Awardee's offer is not unbalanced where awardee's last 2 option year prices were lower than protester's and lower than awardee's prices for the base year and first two option years, but there is no evidence of overstated prices in awardee's offer in the earlier contract years. DECISION Cartridge Technology Network, Inc. (CTN) protests the award of a contract to American Laser, Inc. (ALI) under Defense General Supply Center (DGSC) request for proposals (RFP) No. SP0450-95-R-3056, for laser printer toner cartridges to be used by the Defense Supply Center in Richmond, Virginia (DSCR). CTN argues that ALI's proposal contained unbalanced prices and should have been rejected. We deny the protest. The RFP contemplated the award of a fixed-price requirements contract on a best value basis, for a base year with four 1-year options, for an annual estimated 25,000 cartridges. The solicitation set forth two equally weighted factors, price and past performance. Past performance was evaluated using an Automated Best Value Model (ABVM) score (ranging from 0 points for poor performance to 100 points for excellent performance), which indicated the offeror's performance on DSCR contracts for the type of supplies required here, performed over a 12-month period beginning 14 months prior to generation of the offeror's ABVM score. Price (for the base and option years) was to be evaluated for reasonableness. 1143530

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