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oComptroller General
of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20548
Decision
Matter of: Chant Engineering Co. Inc.
File: B-280250
Date: August 7, 1998
Philip Chant for the protester.
Maj. Richard E. Grant and Julius Rothlein, Esq., Marine Corps, for the agency.
Adam Vodraska, Esq., and Jerold D. Cohen, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
1. Where protester had previously produced items similar to type being solicited,
while awardee had previously produced the very same type of item, awardee
reasonably received a higher past performance score than the protester, even
though solicitation considered acceptable experience producing either the same or a
similar type of item.
2. In evaluating proposals, the contracting agency reasonably assigned the
minimum score to the life expectancy of the protester's product under the
solicitation's reliability factor where the protester merely offered the minimum
required life expectancy without providing a methodology that might support a
longer life expectancy claim.
DECISION
Chant Engineering Co. Inc. protests the evaluation of its proposal and the award of
a contract to Bauer Howden, Inc. by the United States Marine Corps under request
for proposals (RFP) No. M00146-98-R-0003 for two aircraft fuel nozzle test stands.
We deny the protest.
The RFP's specification for the fuel nozzle test stand set out minimum requirements
for design, manufacture, and delivery, and provided that [t]his specification is for
the express purpose of soliciting technical proposals and cost estimates for a nozzle
test stand from an established contractor having experience in the design and
manufacture of aircraft fuel components test stands. RFP § C, 1.1. The test
stands will be used to test the performance characteristics of aircraft fuel nozzles
and other fuel equipment components in accordance with the equipment's
associated technical manuals. RFP § C, 3.2, 3.3.1.1. The required major](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaocrptahuw0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)