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B-283272 1 (1999-10-27)

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 __Comptroller General
                                                                of the United States
United States General Accounting Office           DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
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: Alaskan Publications

         File:      B-283272

         Date:      October 27, 1999


         Robert J. Dickson, Esq., Atkinson, Conway & Gagnon, Inc., for the protester.
         Sharon A. Jenks, Esq., and Capt. Jennifer M. Bell-Towne, Department of the Air
         Force, for the agency.
         Susan K McAuliffe, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General
         Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
         DIGEST

         Protest of agency's evaluation of proposals and award to offeror that submitted the
         proposal rated higher technically in a no-cost procurement is denied where the
         evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the stated evaluation factors for
         award.
         DECISION

         Alaskan Publications protests the award of a contract to Anchorage Publishing
         under request for proposals (RFP) No. F65501-98-R-0068, issued by the Department
         of the Air Force for the publication of a weekly base newspaper at Elmendorf Air
         Force Base, Anchorage, Alaska. The protester challenges the agency's evaluation of
         the proposals.

         We deny the protest.

         The RFP, issued on May 11, 1999, sought proposals for the award of a contract to
         publish the base newspaper, Sourdough Sentinel, in accordance with stated agency
         procedures for obtaining commercial enterprise (CE) newspapers. See Air Force
         Instruction (AFI) 35-301 (Apr. 15, 1994); Department of Defense Instruction (DODI)
         5120.4 (June 16, 1997). Under these procedures, the contractor is awarded the right
         to produce and distribute the newspaper, but must cover its costs and derive any
         profits from advertising revenues, so that the government does not expend

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