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**PROTECTED MATERIAL TO BE DISCLOSED ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE PROTECTIVE ORDER** "

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I~ROTECTED MATERIAL TO BE DISCLOSED ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE PROTECTIVE ORDER

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PROTECTI~D MATERIAL TO BE DISCLOSED ONLY. IN ' ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNMENT AC¢OUNT,o.BZL]:TY' OpF]:~E PROTECTXVE ORDER

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PROTECTED MATERZAL TO BE D=SCLOSED OILILY ~N ' ,&I~CORDANCI=. WITH GOVERNMENT ACCOUNI"ABZL'~TY O, FFZCE PROTEIL-"T'rVE ORDER

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¯ NOSLOT CLEANING SI=RVICES INC 0O 1R7 ~61841.6 20602 MD 3018434743

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No UDCI information exists

No JCP information exists

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PROTECTEO HA,TERZAL 1"O BE DTSCLOSED ONLY ~CCOLINTABI;LI'I"V' OI=F£CE pROTEC'TI'Vle ORDER

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~OR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

,General Information curtont R®glsb'alion Stylus:Active In CCR; Reglstr=tlon valid until lOlZ4/ZoO~;.
019618416 DUNS: DUNS PLUS=; CAGE/NCAGE Code: 0DtR7 LeQSl Busil~ese Name; ~O~LOT CLEANING SERVICES, INC Olvi~l=n Na~e: Division Number Comp~ny URL: Physi=al street Address 1:303 POST OFFICE RD STE B3 Physical Street Address 2; WALDORF Phalli Ci~: Physical State: MD Physl~l ZiptPos~l Code: 20302-2702 Physical count~: USA NOSLOTICLEANING SERVICES, INC. 300'POST OFFICE ROAD, 3UITE B-3 Mailing City; WALDORF Mailing State; ¯ M~il~n9 Zip/Postal C~d~: 2O~0Z-2702 Mailing C0un~: USA

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~21S WAREHOUSING & STO~¢E SERVICES SZlS FACIU~ES OPE~O~S SUPPORT ~210 SNOW REMOVA~SALT $29P OTHER HOU~EKEEPINO

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Search. by CAGE Code: 08BA9
compa.y Name: CAG~ Code: UPC: DUNS Number; JGP Cert. Number: ZIP Code: S~ate: Phone:
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303 POST OFFICE RD SUITE B-3 WALDORF 20602 $2101A ~, HQ0338 MD CHARLES 1215!1985 12110!1996

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REPLY TO ATTENTION OF

DEPARTMENT OF THE A1-4MY UNITED STATES ARMY LEGAL SERVICES AGENCY 901 NORTH STUART STREET ARLINGTON, VA 22203-1837 (703) 696-2825; DSN 426; Fax ext. 1537 E-mail: [email protected]

October 24, 2006 Contract and Fiscal Law DiVision VIA FACSlIVIILE Ms. Mary G. Curcio, Esq. Office of the General Counsel U.S. Government Accountability Office 441 G. Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20548 Subject: Protest of Rowe Contracting Services, Inc., B-296741.9

Dear Ms. Curcio:
Enclosed please find a letter from the Contracting Officer indicating the Agency's intent to take corrective action. Based upon this corrective action, the agency requests that the subject protests be dismissed as academic. Dyna-Air Engineering Corp., B278037, Nov. 7, 1997, 97-2 CPD I} 132. If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact MAJ Peter Tran at (703) 696-2825, facsimile (703) 696-1537. Sincerely,

Peter H. Tran/...Major, U.S-:'Army Trial Attorney Copies Furnished by facsimile:

Protester:
Kenneth Weckstein, Esq., Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. Telephone: (202) 861-0900; Facsimile: (202) 296-2982

Contracting Officer:
Cheong Chon, Defense Intelligence Agency, Virginia Contracting Agency

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Telephone: (202) 231-8416; Facsimile: (202) 231-2831 Field Attorney: LtCol Joe Treanor, Esq., Defense Intelligence Agency Telephone: (202) 231-2821; Facsimile: (202) 231-2831

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DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Office of the Acquisition E×ecutivc Build.ing 6000, Boiling A--wB Washington, D,C. 20340-5100
October 24, 2006 U-2053/AE-2A

MEMORANDUM FOR MAJ Peter Tran, HQ, U.S. Army Legal Service Agency, Contract Appeals Division, Team I, ATTN: JALS-CAI, 901 North Smart Street, Suite 500, Arlington, Virginia 22203 - 1837 Subject: B-296741.9; Protest of Rowe Contracting Services, Inc.

~C.ontmctin~ Officer's Notice of Corrective Action
RFP HIJM402-05-R-0017 (the "Solicitation") for the procurement of jar~ito.t'ial and custodial services for the Defense Intelligence Analysis Center (DIAC) and its new expansion building was issued on 14 April 2005. The Solicitation closed on 13 May 2005. Nine offers were received in response to the Solicitation. Award was made to The Ravens Group, LLC, on 17 June 2005. On 12 July 2005 and 19 July 2005, two separate protests were filed with the GAO (B-29674H.2 and B-296914). The Agency nolJ.fied GAO that it intended to take corrective action on 3 Augaast 2005. Consistent with the notice to GAO, the Agency re-evaluated the proposals, conducted discussions and allowed offerors the opportunity to submit final proposal revisions. From the re-evaluation, a new award was made to Rowe Contracting Service, Inc. on 22 March 2006. On 29 March 2006, GAO rtofified the Agency that Ravens Group had filed a prot~st. The Agency notified GAO-on April 3, 2006 that it intended to conduct a new source selection and issue a new source selection decision. On September 13, 2006, consistent with its notice to GAO, the Agency announced award would be made to NOSLOT pursuant to the new source selection conducted by a new source selection authority. Rowe filed the present protest before GAO on September 26, 2006.

The Government has determined that the awardee, NOSLOT, does not currently possess the Top Secret (TS/SCI) security clearance required by paragraph 2zl. (Clause 52.,999-403 ld) of the..S.olicitation'and_Amezdment~Q002;. Because.NO.SLOTis Eresently ineligilble_'fora,ward~_the: Agency has decided'to take the following corrective action. The Agency intends to terminate the contract with NOSLOT for convenience and conduct a new source selection based on the current proposals, The Agency will not be conducting a new tecknical evaluation of proposals or accepting revised proposals from any offerors. The new source selection, will be based on the 0fferors" previously submitted proposals. Once a new source selection is completed, a new Source Select~oti Declsiot~ will be issued, and the appropriate offeror will be awarded a contract for the reminder of the services required.

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'DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Boiling AFB, ATI'N: AE-2 ..: washington, DC 20340 Unclas Fax:. 202 231-2831
CONTRACTS .MANAGEMENT OFFICE OFFICE OF THE ACQUISITION EXECUTIVE (AE)

Fax:

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(Including cover sheet)

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DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Office of the Acquisition Executive Building 6000, Bolling AFI3 Washington, D.C. 20340-5100

October 24, 2006
U-2053/AE-2A

MEMORANDUM FOR MAJ Peter Tran, HQ, U.S. Army Legal Service Agency, Contract Appeals Division, Team I, ATTN: JALS-CAI, 901 North Stuart Street, Suite 500, Arlington, Virginia 22203-1837 Subject: B-296741.9; Protest of Rowe Contracting Services, Inc. Contracting Officer's Notice of Corrective Action RFP HHM402-05-R-0017 (the "Solicitation") for the procurement of janitorial and custodial services for the Defense Intelligence Analysis Center (DIAC) and its new expansion building was issued on 14 April 2005. The Solicitation closed on 13 May 2005. Nine offers were received in response to the Solicitation. Award was made to The Ravens Group, LLC, on 17 June 2005. On 12 July 2005 and 19 July 2005, two separate protests were filed with the GAO (B-296741.2 and B-296914). The Agency notified GAO that it intended to take conective action on 3 August 2005. Consistent with the notice to GAO, the Agency re-evaluated the proposals, conducted discussions and allowed offerors the opportunity to submit final proposal revisions. From the re-evaluation, a new award was made to Rowe Contracting Service, Inc. on 22 March 2006. On 29 March 2006, GAO notified the Agency that Ravens Group had filed a protest. The Agency notified GAO on April 3, 2006 that it intended to conduct a new source selection and issue a new source selection decision. On September 13, 2006, consistent with its notice to GAO, the Agency announced award would be made to NOSLOT pursuant to the new source selection conducted by a new source selection authority. Rowe filed the present protest before GAO on September 26, 2006. The Government has determined that the awardee, NOSLOT, does not currently possess the Top Secret (TS/SCI) security clearance required by paragraph 24 (Clause 52.999-403 ld) of the Solicitation and Amendment 0002. Because NOSLOT is presently ineligible for award, the Agency has decided to take the following corrective action. The Agency intends to terminate the contract with NOSLOT for convenience and conduct a new source selection based on the cun'ent proposals. The Agency will not be conducting a new technical evaluation of proposals or accepting revised proposals from any offerors. The new source selection will be based on the offerors' previously submitted proposals. Once a new source selection is completed, a new Source Selection Decision will be issued, and the appropriate offeror awarded a contract for the reminder of the services required.

CHEONG J. CHON Contracting Officer

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HQ, U.'8. ARMY LITIGATION CENTER
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fa~mile transmittal
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Re: From:

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Kenneth Weckstein Lt Col Joe Treanor Cheong J. Chon

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Accompanying this header sheet is the Agency's notice ~ f intent to take corrective action in the above referenced protest, if transmission problems occur, please contact Ms. Tracy Williams, (703) 696-2850, DSN: 426-2850. DJrectt all other questions to Major Peter Tran, Trial Attorney at 703-696-2825 or DSN 426-282&

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Date: Re: From:

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HQ, U.S. ARMY LITIGATION CENTER DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY CONTRACT AND FISCAL LAW DIVISION, USALSA 901 N. STIIART STREET, SUITE 500 ARLINGTON, VA 22203-1837 [email protected] (703) 696-2850 phone (703) 696-1537fax

facsimile transmittal
Date: Re: From: October 24, 2006 GAO Protest of Rowe Contracting Services (B-296741.9) Tracy Williams, Paralegal Specialist

NUMBER OF PAGES (INCLUDING THIS COVER SHEET): 4

Name Mary Curcio Kenneth Weckstein Lt Col Joe Treanor Cheong.J. Chon

Firm/Agency GAO Protester

Phone No. 202-512202-861-0900 202-231-2821 202-231-8416

Fax No. 202-512-9749 202-296-2982 202-231-2831 202-231-2831

DIA Contracting Officer

MESSAGE
Accompanying this header sheet is the Agency's notice of intent to take corrective action in the above referenced protest. If transmission problems occur, please contact Ms. Tracy Williams, (703) 696-2850, DSN: 426-2850. Direct all other questions to Major Peter Tran, Trial Attorney at 703-696-2825 or DSN 426-2825.

Confidentiality Notice This facsimile transmission and/or the documents accompanying it nmy contain coufidential information belonging to tile sender which is protected by the attorney-client privilege. The information is intended only for the use of the indivldaal or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or the taldng of any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify this office imtnediately by telephone or arrange the return of documents.

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HQ, tLS. ARMY LITIGATION CENTER DEPARTMENT OF TIlE ARMY CONTRACT AND FISCAL LAW DIVISION, USALSA 901 N. STUART STREET, SUITE 500 ARLINGTON, VA 22203-1837 Tracy. [email protected] (703) 696-2850 phone (703) 696-1537fax

facsimile tra~ittal
Date: Re: From:

October 24, 2006 GAO Protest of Rowe Contracting Services (B-296741.9) Tracy Williams, Paralegal Specialist

NUMBER OF PAGES (INCLUDING THIS COVER SHEET): 4 Name Mary Curcio Kenneth Weckstein Lt Col Joe Treanor Cheong J. Chon GAO Firm/Agency Phone No. 202-512202-861-0900 202-231-2821 202-231-8416 Fax No. 202-512-9749 202-296-2882 202-231-2831 202-231-2831

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Protester DIA Contracting Officer

MESSA GE
Accompanying this header sheet is the Agency's notice of intent to take corrective action in the above referenced protest. If transmission problems occur, please contact Ms. Tracy Williams, (703) 696-2850, DSN: 426-2850. Direct all other questions to Major Peter Tran, Trial Attorney at 703-696-2825 or DSN 426-2825.

Confidentiality Notice

Tfiis facsimile transmission and/or the documents acco~npanying it may contain confidential information belonging to the sender which is protected by the attorney-client privilege. The information is intended only for the use of the individual or eutity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited, lfyou have received.this transmission in error, please notify this office immediately by telepbone or arrange the return of documents.

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United States Govern~ert~ Accourttability Office W~shington, DC 20548

Comptroller General of the United States

Decision
Matter of: File: Date: DECISION Rowe Contracting Services, Inc. protests the uward of a contract to NOSLOT Cleaning Services, Inc. under the Defense Intelligence Agel~cy solicitation No. HHM402-05-R-0017. We view the protest as academic because DIA has decided to terminate NOSLOT's contract and make a new award determination, The jurisdiction or" our Office is established by the bid protest provisions of ~he Competition in Contraating Act of 1984, 31 U,S,C. §§ 3551-3556 (2000), amended by the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005, Pub. L. No. 108-376, § 326, 118 Sial 1811 (2004). Our role in resolving bid protests is to ensure that. the st~t, utory requffemel~ts for gull and open compeO!',ion are met. Pacific Photocop.y ~d Rese6rch Seres., B-278698, B-278698,3, Mar. 4, 1998, 98-1 CPD ¶ 69 at 4. The Government Accountability Office will not consider a protest where the issue presented has no practical consequences with regard to an existing federal government procurement, and thus is of purely academic interest. Accordingly, the protest is dismissed. Rowe Contracting Services, Inc, B-296741.9 December 1, 2006

Gary L. Kepplinger General Counsel

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Protected Information To Be Disclosed 0nly In Accordance With United States Court of Federal Claims Protective Order

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R~CIPIENT COIVLP~ PHONE NO. FAX NO.

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AND U.S. MAI~L' ~ FACS !~]~202--512-9749 Gary L. K~pling~, G~al Co~l ~1 G S~t, ~ W~in~on, DC 2054g Re: Profit of Ol~p~ Builder S~c~ Inc., U.S. Air Fo~ Solidm~on H~2-05-R~017 For $~itofid

Dear Mr. K~pling~: W~ r~r~t Ol~p~ Building S~, Inc.,~ ("Ol~pus"), an offer in ~ ~ove U.S. Air For~,z ("Air For~" or "ag~c~') procur~nt forjanffodal s~ic~ at ~c D~fe~e ~tellig~cc AnMysis C~mr ("DIAC'~ whi~ is ]o~t~ m Bolling A~ Force Base in Was~n~on, D.C. Ol~pus ~ ~ Air Force's awed ofa ~n~a~ for ~s r~uir~t to NOfiLOT Cleming S~s, Inc., ('~OS~') bas~ upon ~e ag~c~'s d~e~ination ~at NOSLOT's off~ to pin,de ~=e ~c~ for a to~ pfi~ 698 r~r~ the b~ v~ue to the Gov~mt.

i Olympus' addr=gs is 244 S. Main Stre.ct; New Hope, P~anaylvania i 893B. Ol~p~s' t¢l~hon, number is (215) g62-506fi =d its fac~l~ number is (215) g62-7066. ~e ad~, telephon~ and ~si~, n~b~ of O]~pus' ~unsel arc s~ fo~ ~ our ]~t~h~d. as well ~ at z ~e ~r Fo~e's Cohering O~cer is Chcong J. Chon. Cheong Chon's mnili~ad~ss is Vi~nia Co~t~ng A~ivity, 2~0 MaeDill Bird,, B~ding 6~0, Bolling ~ Force Ba~, Washi~on, DC 203405100. ~e~g Chon's Zd~ho~ num~ ~ 202-~ 1-8a 16, ~d the fa=imile number ~ 202-231-283 II~ROTE~TED MATERIAL TO BE RELEASED ONLY ACCORDANCE ~ GAO PROTECTIVE ORDER
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Gary L, Kepplinger, Esq. Octobca" | 3, 2006 Page 2 The Air For~ evaluated Olympus' $19,77,058 offer as "Excellent" for both the Te,zhnical and Past Performance. The bases for Olympu.~' p~t~t are: 1, The Air Forc~ did not prop~ly apply the evaluation factors stated in the

sOlicitation. The solicitation stated that the non-price cvaluati0n factors are Technical and Past P~forraance. Howcve:r, the Air Force applied ordy one non-price evaluation factor, "Technical," and considered Past Pcrforraance to be a "sub-sub- factor" in the evaltmtion. 2. The Air Force did not p~a~'orm a proper beat value analysis because instead of

pea'forming a."cost/l:rdcc-tcchnicaI trad,-~ff~' betweea offerors" proposals, as specified in the solicitation, the Air Force performed a "'technically a~eptable, low price" analysis when it sdcctod NOSLOT for award. 3, The ~ Force's TecknicM and Past Performance evaluations of NOSLOT

¯ vas irrational because the Air Force determined that NOSLOT's offer and Olyrr~.pus' offer were despite that Olympus received ratings for its Technical and

I'~t Performan~ ~op0sals. 4. The agency's bc~t value cMtvrmination is urffeasoaahle because: it is based on

flawed Technical and Pant Pea'formance evaluations, "I~s prot¢,t is timely filed within five days of October 11, 2006, the date on which the Air Force provided a del~dctTtng to Olympus following Olympus' timely r~q~aest for a debriefing. Pursuant to the Competition In Contracting Act ("CICA"), 31 O.S.C, 3553(d), Olympus is entitled to a stay of contract pvrformanc~ in ~at Olympus has flied ~is prot~t, mad the agency will receive aotic¢ ofth¢ protest, within five days of the debriefing,

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SUMMARY OF FACTS

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The Air Force Solicited Offers To Provide Janitorial Services At The DIAC Facility. A, The Solicitation Described A Best V~lue Procurement Conducted Via Coml~fitive Negotiation.

The Air Foree'~ Virginia Ccr~traeting Ac6Vity, located at Boiling Air Force Base, issued ¯ Solicitation No. HHM402-OS-R-0017 forj~nitorial services at DIAC on April 14, 2005.3 This "best value" eommerdal item proetu'ement Was conducted via competitive negotiation. The solicitation s~ught fixe~-priee offer~ for janitorial services to the Air Force for a b~ year, atad four option
years,

B.

The Sollcizazton's Evaluation Plan Identified "Technica!" And "Past Performance" As The Two Non-Price Evaluation Factors.

The E~luation Plaa in the solicitation stated that Government would make an award to ~e re~l~nsible offeror wh~e offer, c~rfformSng to the solicitation, will be most advantageoua to the Government, pric~ and other factors considered. Federal Acquisition Regulation ("FAR'9 52.212-2, Furtlaer, the Evaluation Plaa stated that the two non-price evaluation factors were "Techrdcd" and "Pa~t Performance": Th~ following factors shall be used to ~.,aluate offers: Technical and Pa~t Performance. Solicitat~o~ p, 13. In addition, as provided in FAR If.101-1, the solict~on stated that "[~]he Gov~mrnertt v~l] pvd'orm a rrada-offanMysis ofnon-pric~ factor~ agaia~ price to d~w.rmin~ th~ bcs~ val~e to the Gov~m~." Solici[atio~ p. 40. The ~lidtation did not ~mre ~e relative wrights

~ Thia i~ ~e Air Force's third ~olieitaticm for this requirem~t, Two previous Air Force contract a.ards were prote~ed~ and II~: A~r For~e e~entually canceled theawards and r~sol[¢ited.
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of Technical, Past Performance, and Prico in the 'v~do~. However, the Evaluation Plan provided noti~ that the Air Forc~ consiSered non-pric~ factors to he more important than price: (c) Relative weight. Non-price factor~ ~-JLe.cI'mica! and Pcrfofrf~i~¢). wh~ ombin¢~, a~ Inql;q.jr~portm~ thar~ p~c~. non-price factors, technical is more important than Pa~t Performance. The importance of price in the evaluation for award will ~crcase as the relative differences in non-price factors ofofferors 8cerumen, Solicitation, p. 40, (~nphasis addeA). If, The Air Force Evaluated Offer~ A~d Selected NOSLOT ]For Award. The Air Force issueeI the soliGitadon tO 20 contractors, and received nine proposals in response. The Air Fore, then ~stablisheA a competitive range cons~-~dng of five offer0r~ including Olympus and NOSLOT. Olympus submhte¢l a proposal that fully complied with the minimum mandatory requirement~ of the Air Force solicitation, at a ustal price of By lett~ dateA ficpternber 13, 2006, the Air Fmv.e informed the five offerors within the competitive range that it had selected NOSLOT for contract award. Specit:ically, the Air Forc~ indieateA that it had determined NOSLOT's off~a-, at a total price of $ to re1~resent the

"'best value" to the Governing-at, price and other factors considered. (Attachment A) NOSLOT's price is less than Iow~ than Olympus' offeTed price.

"fhe Air ~0ree l'rovlded A Tirne|F Debriefing To Olympus; OIFrnptls Ih-otests The NOSLOT Award. A.. The Debriefing Revealed That The Air For~e Did Follow The Evaluatio~ Stated In The Solidtatlon When It Selected NOSLOT For Award.

By letter dated September 15, 2006, Olympus timely requested a debriefing on the Air Force's award decision. Nearly four weeks lat~, by letter datexl October 1 l, 2006, th, Air Force provided a written debriefing to Olyrnp~s. (Attachment B) The dehrlefing revealed that instead of following the Evaluation Plan stated in the solicitation, which identified two non-price evaluation PROTECTED MATERIAL TO ]~I~ RELEASED ONLY IN ACeORDANC.E WlTlt GAO PROTECTIVE ORDER

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factors, Tc~a"micaI and Past P~'formance, the Air Fome lad used only one evaluation faCtor, Tec2mlcal, ~nd h~t ~nsid~cd P~t Pc-rform~n~ a~ a "sub-su~-f~tor" w~cn it selected NOSLOT
for a~ard: SELECTION CRITERIA: Each company was evaluated using the san~e Technical Evaluation Sheet.~ InuvideA Conu~g O~ce. ~e five sub-sub-f~o~ 0ftht..Tcc~i~.~ ¢vM~tio~or ~ou~.ofApprg.~ (25~): Pro~ M~ag~t ,~d Key P~.o~ (1 AZtaehmtmt B, p. 1o (=r~phasis added). The Debriefing Also Revealed That ]'he Air Force Had Not Made A Proper Cost~rice-Teclmtcal TradceffDetermlnation, Insttad Selecting The Low-Price Technically Acceptable Offer. The debriefing letter further revealed that the Air For~ haA not performed a proper ¢osVpricv4cchnical trade:off as pmvideA in the Evaluation Plan. Instead~ tho debriefing indicated ~hat Air Force had givvn Olympus "Excellent" radngs for Technical and Past performance, but the Air Force did not make a qualitative compm-ison of Olympus' ratings with those of the othvr four offerors in the competitive range. Instead, it appears tha, th~ Air Force

determined that the other offeror~' proposals wvre "~omparabl," to Olympus" proposal and th~

ba~ed the ~w~rd de.tiglon solely on pric~:
TheGovcrnmcnt found that Olymp~' tec~nic~] propo~a! ~d pint p~o~ to be d." How~, How~. ~e pm~s~ ~ w~ not ~

NOSLOT. a com~ata~,l~ offeror ~dth a lower ~f~o~oseA re'ice,, was ~w~:ded the
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