LOGMET LLC (47QFRA23R0003)

B-422200,B-422200.2 Feb 21, 2024 Jump To FULL REPORT VIEW DECISION RELATED PAGES GAO CONTACTS Highlights LOGMET LLC, a small business of Austin, Texas, protests the issuance of an order to AVMAC, LLC, a small business of Chesapeake, Virginia, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 47QFRA23R0003, issued by the General Services Administration (GSA), Federal Acquisition Service, for organizational level aircraft maintenance services for the U.S. Marine Corps Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 204 (VMMT-204), MV-22 Osprey aircraft operating out of Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina. The protester challenges the agency's evaluation of quotations under the price and past performance factors. We sustain 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: LOGMET LLC File: B-422200; B-422200.2 Date: February 21, 2024 Samuel S. Finnerty, Esq., Katherine B. Burrows, Esq., Joseph P. Loman, Esq., and Daniel J. Figuenick III, Esq., Piliero Mazza PLLC, for the protester. Beth V. McMahon, Esq., and J. Bradley Reaves, Esq., ReavesColey, PLLC, for AVMAC, LLC, the intervenor. Leigh Ann Bunetta, Esq., and Mikhail Petersen, Esq., General Services Administration, for the agency. Michael P. Price, Esq., and John Sorrenti, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging the agency’s price evaluation in a procurement conducted according to the provisions of Federal Acquisition Regulation subpart 8.4 is sustained where the record does not demonstrate the agency reasonably determined that the labor categories required by the solicitation fall within the scope of the awardee’s proposed labor categories from its federal supply schedule contract. DECISION LOGMET LLC, a small business of Austin, Texas, protests the issuance of an order to AVMAC, LLC, a small business of Chesapeake, Virginia, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 47QFRA23R0003, issued by the General Services Administration (GSA), Federal Acquisition Service, for organizational level aircraft maintenance services for the U.S. Marine Corps Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 204 (VMMT‑204), MV-22 Osprey aircraft operating out of Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina. The protester challenges the agency’s evaluation of quotations under the price and past performance factors. We sustain the protest. BACKGROUND On August 25, 2023, GSA issued the solicitation under the procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 8.4 to small business vendors holding federal supply schedule (FSS) contracts with special item number 488190, aircraft components, maintenance, repair services, extended warranties, and maintenance agreements. Contracting Officer’s Statement and Memorandum of Law (COS/MOL) at 2; Agency Report (AR), Exh. 2, RFQ at 5.[1] The agency sought quotations for organizational level aircraft maintenance services for VMMT-204 MV-22 Osprey aircraft and contemplated the issuance of a fixed-price and time-and-materials order for a 1-year base period with up to four 1-year options, plus an additional 6-month extension period. RFQ at 6. The RFQ advised that, in accordance with FAR subsection 8.405-2, GSA intended to issue a single order on a best-value tradeoff basis and would consider price and past performance as evaluation factors; past performance was a more important factor than price. Id. at 25. The RFQ further stated that the government could issue the order to other than the lowest-priced quotation, or other than the highest-rated quotation. Id. The solicitation instructed each vendor to complete and submit a pricing schedule that was provided with the solicitation. Id. at 26. The pricing schedule was to include vendors’ proposed labor categories, number of labor hours, and labor rates, including any discounts from their existing FSS contract pricing. Id. at 51. The RFQ also instructed vendors to submit examples of past performance, permitting up to five examples that were similar in scope to the current requirement, and advised that vendors could submit past performance questionnaires or contractor performance assessment reporting system (CPARS) reports if available. Id. at 25-26. GSA received quotations from two vendors, LOGMET and AVMAC, by the September 15 due date for receipt of quotations. COS/MOL at 6. The agency’s technical evaluation team (TET) evaluated quotations and completed a consensus report on October 31. Id. With regard to the vendors’ proposed labor mixes, the TET found that AVMAC’s quotation “include[d] the required labor categories[,]” but that LOGMET’s quotation “[did] not include the required categories of IMRL [individual material readiness list] Coordinator and Aviation Logistics Supervisor.” AR, Exh.