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B-299366.3 1 (2007-07-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptauef0001 and id is 1 raw text is: A G A O Comptroller General . Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States 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: Benchmade Knife Co., Inc. File: B-299366.3, B-299366.4 Date: July 16, 2007 Terrence M. O'Connor, Esq., and Seth C. Berenzweig, Esq., Albo & Oblon, LLP, for the protester. David T. Ralston, Jr., Esq., Philip A. Nacke, Esq., and Frank S. Murray, Esq., Foley & Lardner, LLP, for Gerber Legendary Blades, an intervenor. Gail L. Booth, Esq., Defense Logistics Agency, for the agency. Kenneth Kilgour, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency, in the course of reevaluating proposals, used an improper time period to recalculate an offeror's Automated Best Value System (ABVS) score is denied where the record supports the agency's contention that it used the same ABVS scores in the initial evaluation and the reevaluation. DECISION Benchmade Knife Co., Inc. protests the award of a contract to Gerber Legendary Blades under request for proposals (RFP) No. SPM7LX-07-R-0001, issued by the Department of Defense (DOD), Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), Defense Supply Center-Columbus (DSCC) for two combat knives. The protester argues that the agency considered ABVS scores' for the awardee that included information on past delivery performance that was current as of the date of the reevaluation and not the initial evaluation, contrary to the RFP terms.2 1 The ABVS is a computerized system used by DLA that collects a vendor's past performance data for a specific period and translates it into a numeric score. See Midwest Metals, B-296303, June 3, 2005, 2005 CPD 117 at 1. 2 Benchmade also initially alleged that: the agency's best value determination was inadequately documented; the agency held improper discussions with the awardee to obtain additional past performance information; the agency used dissimilar rating systems in evaluating the offerors' past performance; and the agency accepted a late (continued...)

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