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B-281342 1 (1999-01-26)

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oComptroller General
             of the United States
             Washington, D.C. 20548

             Decision                                 DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
                                                    The decision issued on the date below was subject to a I
                                                    GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been
                                                    approved for public release.



             Matter of: Lance Ordnance, Inc.

             File:       B-281342

             Date:       January 26, 1999

             Nancy M. Camardo, Esq., and Joseph A. Camardo, Jr., Esq., Joseph A. Camardo Law
             Office, for the protester.
             Richard P. Castiglia, Jr., Esq., Patrick K O'Keefe, Esq., and Thomas C. Papson, Esq.,
             McKenna & Cuneo, for Fireworks by Grucci, an intervenor.
             Craig E. Hodge, Esq., and Terese M. Harrison, Esq., Department of the Army, for the
             agency.
             Ralph 0. White, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
             GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
             DIGEST

             Protester's contention that awardee received an unfair competitive advantage over
             other offerors because the awardee leases facilities at the Radford Army
             Ammunition Plant pursuant to the Armament Retooling and Manufacturing Support
             Initiative is denied where the record shows that the awardee: leases the facilities
             not from the government, but from a prime contractor; pays fair market rental value
             for the facilities; and has not received an unfair advantage from Army expenditures
             necessary to make the facility habitable for the life of the awardee's 10-year lease,
             which began before this solicitation was issued, and will extend beyond
             performance of this contract.
             DECISION

             Lance Ordnance, Inc. protests the award of a contract to Fireworks by Grucci by
             the Department of the Army, pursuant to request for proposals (RFP) No. DAAA09-
             98-R-0068, for the manufacture and delivery of 420,400 ground burst projectile
             simulators and 212,600 hand grenade simulators. Lance argues that Grucci received
             an unfair competitive advantage through its proposed use of government facilities at
             the Radford Army Ammunition Plant, in Radford, Virginia, and that the Army
             conducted an unreasonable evaluation of Grucci's past performance.

             We deny the protest.

             The RFP, issued April 2, 1998, anticipated award of a fixed-price contract to the
             offeror whose proposal represented the best value to the government. The RFP

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