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B-294563 1 (2004-10-26)

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United States Government Accountability 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: California Pacific Associates

          File:       B-294563

          Date:       October 26, 2004

          Alan M. Grayson, Esq., Victor A. Kubli, Esq., and James A. McMillan, Esq., Grayson &
          Kubli, for the protester.
          Robert H. Koehler, Esq., Patton Boggs, for Washington Beef, LLC, and Harvey J.
          Nathan, Esq., Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, for Tysons Fresh Meats, Inc.,
          intervenors.
          Elliot J. Clark, Esq., Defense Commissary Agency, for the agency.
          Sharon L Larkin, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
          GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
          DIGEST

          Protester's challenge to the evaluation of its proposal is denied, where record
          reflects that the agency reasonably evaluated proposal under the technical and past
          performance factors; the fact that protester is incumbent providing services to two
          of the four areas required by solicitation does not, in and of itself, require that
          protester be awarded maximum points under evaluation scheme.
          DECISION

          California Pacific Associates (CalPac) protests the award of Defense Commissary
          Agency contracts to Tysons Fresh Meats, Inc. and Washington Beef, LLC, under
          request for proposals (RFP) No. HDEC02-04-R-0001, for the provision of fresh and
          frozen beef and pork products to United States military commissaries in Far East
          Asia and Guam. CalPac challenges the evaluation of its proposal.

          We deny the protest.

          The RFP provided for a fixed-price award to service Guam and Korea and a
          fixed-price award to service Japan and Okinawa; each for a 1-year base period with
          two 1-year options. The awards were to be made on a best-value basis, considering
          technical capability, past performance and price. The first two factors were equally

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