Gulf Civilization General Trading & Contracting Company

B-417586 Aug 23, 2019 Jump To VIEW DECISION DOWNLOADS RELATED PAGES GAO CONTACTS Highlights Gulf Civilization General Trading & Contracting Company (Gulf) of Al Salhiya, Kuwait, protests the award of a contract to Bulldozer Gulf General Trading & Contracting Company (Bulldozer), under request for quotations (RFQ) No. SP4510-19-Q-0004, issued by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) for excess property management at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. The protester contends that the agency's evaluation of Bulldozer's past performance and price was flawed, and that DLA's best value decision was unreasonable and not properly documented. We deny the protest. View Decision Decision Matter of:  Gulf Civilization General Trading & Contracting Company File:  B-417586 Date:  August 23, 2019 Gabriel Grillo, for the protester. Robin E. Walters, Esq., Defense Logistics Agency, for the agency. Michael P. Grogan, Esq., and Amy B. Pereira, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1.  Protest challenging agency’s evaluation of awardee’s quotation is denied where the agency’s evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. 2.  Protest challenging agency’s source selection decision is denied where agency reasonably determined that protester’s higher-priced quotation was not worth the associated price premium and the agency’s decision was appropriately documented. DECISION Gulf Civilization General Trading & Contracting Company (Gulf) of Al Salhiya, Kuwait, protests the award of a contract to Bulldozer Gulf General Trading & Contracting Company (Bulldozer), under request for quotations (RFQ) No. SP4510-19-Q-0004, issued by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) for excess property management at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait.  The protester contends that the agency’s evaluation of Bulldozer’s past performance and price was flawed, and that DLA’s best value decision was unreasonable and not properly documented.  We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The solicitation, issued on March 1, 2019, pursuant to the commercial items and simplified acquisition procedures contained in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) parts 12 and 13, contemplated the award of a fixed-price contract with a six-month base period and two six-month option periods, for excess property management services at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait.  Agency Report (AR), Tab 1, RFQ at 1, 3; Contracting Officer’s Statement and Memorandum of Law (COS/MOL) at 2.  Specifically, the awardee would provide the requisite personnel for the receipt, storage, issuance, and demilitarization of Department of Defense excess material at Camp Arifjan.  Id. at 3.  The solicitation advised that award would be made to the responsible vendor whose quotation demonstrated the best value to the agency, considering past performance and price.  Id. at 15.  Past performance was significantly more important than price.  Id.  As relevant to this protest, the RFQ advised that the agency would evaluate past performance based on the quotation submission requirements described in the RFQ, where the quality of a vendor’s past performance would be used to determine the agency’s confidence that the vendor would perform successfully on the contract.  Id.  at 14-15.  The solicitation further provided that past performance would be rated on an adjectival scale and a vendor’s failure “to provide evidence of relevant performance on contracts of a similar nature in terms of performance timeframes and complexities of services provided” would result in a finding that the vendor has no relevant past performance.[1]  Id.  Regarding price, the RFQ provided that a vendor’s price would not be numerically scored to determine best value, but that price would be “fully evaluated using price analysis techniques.”  Id. at 15.