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B-285883 1 (2000-10-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptalep0001 and id is 1 raw text is: -e GeAtOa E 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: Star Mountain, hie. File: B-285883 Date: October 25, 2000 William W. Goodrich, Esq., Richard J. Webber, Esq., and David Vogel, Esq., Arent Fox Kintner Plotkin & Kahn, for the protester. James J. McCullough, Esq., Steven A. Alerding, Esq., and Catherine E. Pollack, Esq., Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, for National Center for Housing Management, Inc., an intervenor. Philip E. Adams, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Paul E. Jordan, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. In a solicitation for a fixed-price contract that provided for a price realism evaluation, agency's failure to downgrade awardee's proposal for lack of understanding was reasonable where the record shows that the agency's analysis included examining the awardee's supporting cost data and comparing its proposed prices with those of other offerors and a government estimate, and awardee's proposal, oral presentation, and discussions concerning low prices, reasonably were found to demonstrate its understanding of the solicitation's requirements. 2. Where past performance evaluation scheme provided for consideration of offerors' recent experience with services similar to those solicited, agency reasonably evaluated non-incumbent offeror as outstanding based on its extensive experience performing similar work. DECISION Star Mountain, Inc. protests the award of a contract to the National Center for Housing Management, Inc. (NCHM) under request for proposals (RFP) No. N68836- 00-R-0010, issued by the Fleet and Industrial Supply Center (FISC), Department of the Navy, for training services. Star, the incumbent contractor, challenges the agency's price realism and past performance evaluations.

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