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B-281965 1 (1999-05-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptajim0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------. 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. Matter of: ENMAX Corporation File: B-281965 Date: May 12, 1999 Blake S. Atkin, Esq., Atkin & Lilja, for the protester. John E. Lariccia, Esq., Michael Mullin, Esq., and Cpt. Rex D. Hockaday, Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Ralph 0. White, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protester's contention that the awardee's proposal was improperly considered technically acceptable is sustained where the record shows that the solicitation required offerors to address all of the identified areas within each technical evaluation factor, where the awardee clearly failed to address certain areas, and where there is no evidence in the record that the agency evaluators either recognized the failure of the proposal to address these areas, or concluded that the proposal was acceptable overall despite the omission of these areas. 2. Protester's contention that the evaluation of performance risk was flawed because the awardee's prior experience is not relevant to the solicited effort is denied where the record shows that the solicitation anticipated reviewing a broader level of prior experience than the solicited effort, and also shows that the assessment of the awardee's past performance was reasonable and consistent with the evaluation criteria. 3. Challenge to the agency's review of price realism is denied where the agency reasonably concluded that the offerors's proposed hourly labor rates were sufficient to attract and retain quality professionals by comparing the proposed rates to Bureau of Labor Statistics rates, as the solicitation advised. DECISION ENMAX Corporation protests the award of a contract to Carlisle Research, Inc. pursuant to request for proposals (RFP) No. F19628-98-R-0445, issued by the

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