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B-294896.2,B-294896.3,B-294896.4 1 (2005-01-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacyyk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I G A 0Comptroller General ........ inAccountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Washington, DC 20548 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: Cooley/Engineered Membranes; GTA Containers, Inc. File: B-294896.2; B-294896.3; B-294896.4 Date: January 21, 2005 Thomas L. McGovern, III, Esq., Michael J. Vernick, Esq., and Richard W. Arnholt, Esq., Hogan & Hartson, for Cooley/Engineered Membranes; and Steven M. Masiello, Esq., Stephen M. Sorett, Esq., and Phillip R. Seckman, Esq., McKenna Long & Aldridge, for GTA Containers, Inc., the protesters. Richard D. Lieberman, Esq., and Karen R. O'Brien, Esq., McCarthy, Sweeney & Harkaway, for MPC Containment Systems, Ltd., an intervenor. Clarence D. Long, III, Esq., and Paul S. Davison, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging agency's evaluation of awardee's proposal of an alternative test method to determine compliance with technical requirements is sustained where the record shows that the alternative test proposed by the awardee is not comparable to the tests required by the specifications and, thus, the agency lacked a reasonable basis to conclude that the awardee's proposal was technically acceptable. 2. Protests challenging agency's evaluation of offerors' past performance are denied where the record reflects a reasonable evaluation and the offerors were given adequate opportunities to address negative past performance information during discussions. DECISION Cooley/Engineered Membranes and GTA Containers, Inc. protest the award of a contract to MPC Containment Systems, Ltd. under request for proposals (RFP) No. FA8518-04-R-71516, issued by the Department of the Air Force for collapsible fuel containment bladders. Cooley and GTA each challenge the Air Force's evaluation of offerors' proposals and the source selection decision.

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