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B-287483 1 (2001-06-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptampx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General SIntegrity Reliability of the United States ~ccountabthty Inert Rea iy 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: Beacon Auto Parts File: B-287483 Date: June 13, 2001 Sam Zalman Gdanski, Esq., for the protester. Scott Westerchil, Esq., Anderson & Westerchil, for Nash Auto and Body Shop, the intervenor. Jerry Ann T. Foster, Esq., and George Barclay, Esq., General Services Administration, for the agency. John L. Formica, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Agency's evaluation of the protester's proposal, submitted in response to a solicitation for maintenance, repair, and overhaul of vehicles, is unobjectionable where the protester provides no basis to find unreasonable the agency's determinations regarding the qualifications of the protester's proposed on-site manager, tools and equipment, and past performance. 2. Protest challenging the agency's best value source selection is sustained where the record shows that the agency failed to consider whether the awardee's higher- rated proposal was worth its higher price. DECISION Beacon Auto Parts protests the award of a contract to Nash Auto and Body Shop under request for proposals (RFP) No. 7FXI-T6-01-S27-N, issued by the General Services Administration (GSA) for the maintenance, repair, and overhaul of GSA-owned vehicles assigned to Fort Polk, Louisiana. Beacon protests the agency's evaluation of its proposal and that the agency did not consider price in selecting Nash's higher-priced proposal for award. We deny the protest in part and sustain it in part. The RFP provided for the award of a fixed-price, indefinite-delivery, indefinite- quantity contract for a base period of I year with two 1-year options. RFP at 3, 29. The contractor will be required to furnish all labor, parts, equipment, tools, and

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