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. G A O Comptroller General
I ]i n Accountability Integrity Reliability 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.
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Decision
Matter of: All Star-Cabaco Enterprise, Joint Venture
File: B-290133; B-290133.2
Date: June 25, 2002
David B. Dempsey, Esq., and Dorothy C. Slovak, Esq., Holland & Knight, for the
protester.
Clare A. Kersten, Esq., and Richard G. Welsh, Esq., Naval Facilities Engineering
Command, for the agency.
Linda C. Glass, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
1. Protest challenging agency evaluation is denied where the overall evaluation
reasonably reflected the awardee's proposal's technical superiority, notwithstanding
minor errors.
2. Selection of technically superior, higher-priced proposal is unobjectionable where
the solicitation provided that technical considerations were more important than
price and the agency reasonably concluded that technical superiority of the
awardee's proposal warranted payment of the associated price premium.
DECISION
All Star-Cabaco Enterprise, Joint Venture (ACE) protests the award of a contract to
Brown & Root Services Corporation (BRS) under request for proposals (RFP)
No. N68711-00-R-9201, issued by the Naval Facilities Engineering Command,
Department of the Navy, to provide base operating support services to include
operations, repair and maintenance of the Naval Air Facility (NAF) El Centro,
California and other commands. ACE asserts that the agency improperly evaluated
the offerors' technical capabilities and failed to follow the best value scheme set
forth in the RFP.
We deny the protest.
The solicitation, issued on November 28, 2000, contemplated the award of a
V' : combination fixed-price/indefinite-quantity contract consisting' of an 8-month base
period with four 12-ronth option periods. The requirement is divided into](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobaduin0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)