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B-279379.2 1 (1998-06-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptahsi0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: TEAM Support Services, hie. File: B-279379.2 Date: June 22, 1998 Jeanene K Louden for the protester. Karen J. Carroll, Esq., Environmental Protection Agency, for the agency. Peter A. Jannicelli, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that evaluator was biased against the protester and improperly downgraded the protester on past performance based upon the evaluator's opinion of the protester's work as incumbent contractor is denied where the record contains no evidence of bias, the evaluator's opinion of the protester's prior work was relevant since the evaluator was the project officer during the several years that the protester performed as incumbent contractor, and the record shows that the evaluation of the protester's proposal was balanced, with the protester receiving high ratings on several aspects of its proposal and very low ratings on others. 2. Evaluation of the protester's work on a contract for another agency was proper even though that contract was not listed as a reference in the protester's proposal, where the agency was aware of the protester's prior contract with another agency, the solicitation specifically stated that the agency might contact sources that were not listed as references in an offeror's proposal, and the information regarding the protester's prior work for another agency clearly was relevant to evaluation of the protester's past performance. 3. Protest that agency evaluator was biased against the protester and the evaluation therefore tainted is denied where the record contains no evidence to support the bias allegation and the record shows that the evaluation was reasonable. 4. Technically unacceptable proposal cannot be considered for award regardless of its low proposed price. DECISION TEAM Support Services, Inc. protests the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) award of a support services contract to Transcontinental Enterprises, Inc. (TEI) pursuant to request for proposals (RFP) No. PR-NC-97-10730. TEAM alleges that the agency employee who evaluated proposals was biased against TEAM and

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