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B-290133 1 (2002-06-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaoeq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General 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. 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 combination fixed-price/indefinite-quantity contract consisting of an 8-month base period with four 12-month option periods. The requirement is divided into