Tec-Masters, Inc.

B-416235 Jul 12, 2018 Jump To VIEW DECISION DOWNLOADS RELATED PAGES GAO CONTACTS Highlights Tec-Masters, Inc., of Huntsville, Alabama, protests the award of a contract to L&M Technologies, Inc. (L&M), of Albuquerque, New Mexico, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 80MSFC18R0023, issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for logistics support services. The protester alleges that the agency applied an undisclosed evaluation scheme and misevaluated quotations. We deny the protest. We deny the protest. View Decision DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE 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:  Tec-Masters, Inc. File:  B-416235 Date:  July 12, 2018 Ruth E. Ganister, Esq., Rosenthal and Ganister, LLC, for the protester. Peter B. Ford, Esq., Kathryn M. Kelley, Esq., and Meghan F. Leemon, Esq., PilieroMazza, PLLC, for L&M Technologies, Inc., the intervenor. Rosalind G. Cylar, Esq., and Ken M. Kanzawa, Esq., National Aeronautics and Space Administration, for the agency. Todd C. Culliton, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1.  Protest is denied where agency did not apply unstated evaluation criteria in determining whether past performance information was highly relevant in terms of size, scope, or complexity to the instant procurement. 2.  Protest is dismissed as abandoned where protester failed to rebut agency's position that the awardee's past performance evaluation was reasonable. 3.  Protest is denied where agency conducted price realism analysis consistent with the terms of the solicitation. DECISION Tec-Masters, Inc., of Huntsville, Alabama, protests the award of a contract to L&M Technologies, Inc. (L&M), of Albuquerque, New Mexico, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 80MSFC18R0023, issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for logistics support services.  The protester alleges that the agency applied an undisclosed evaluation scheme and misevaluated quotations. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND NASA issued the RFQ on November 9, 2017, as a small business set-aside, for logistics support services to be provided at the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.  Agency Report (AR), Tab 1, RFQ at BATES 8, 172.  The RFQ contemplated the issuance of a blanket purchase agreement with two associated fixed-price task orders to be performed over a 1-year base period, four 1-year option periods, and a 6-month extension period.  Id. at BATES 171-180, 343-350, 376-383.  Specific logistics services contemplated included equipment management services, motor pool and transportation services, flight hardware support operations services, shipping and receiving services, mail services, moves and furniture services, property disposal, and material, property and warehouse management services.  Id. at BATES 172-180.  Quotations were to be evaluated on a best-value tradeoff basis using two equally important factors, price and past performance.  Id. at BATES 165-166.  NASA received quotations from four vendors, including Tec-Masters and L&M.  The results of the evaluation conducted by the source evaluation team (SET) were:   Total Quoted Price Confidence Rating Tec-Masters $39,673,950 Moderate L&M $35,429,839 High AR, Tab 22, Marshall Logistics Support Services (MLSS) Final Findings Presentation, at BATES 1757.  The source selection authority (SSA) reviewed the SET's results and determined that, despite the differences between the firms' confidence ratings, both had strong past performance records and neither had an advantage under the past performance factor.  AR, Tab 23, Source Selection Statement at BATES 1764.  As a result, the SSA distinguished these quotations on the basis of price and determined that L&M's quotation was the better value because it quoted a lower price.  Id.