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         ,G    A     O                                                Comptroller General
LXn ,  Accountability * 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:  Calnet, Inc.

          File:       B-402558.2; B-402558.5; B-402558.7

          Date:       June 3, 2010

          Paul F. Khoury, Esq., Tracye Winfrey Howard, Esq., and Brian G. Walsh, Esq., Wiley
          Rein LLP, for the protester.
          David S. Cohen, Esq., John J. O'Brien, Esq., and William J. Bainbridge, Esq., Cohen
          Mohr, LLP, for McNeil Technologies, an intervenor.
          Tina M. Pixler, Esq., and Leslie A. Nepper, Esq., Department of the Army, Army
          Materiel Command,  for the agency.
          Scott H. Riback, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
          participated in the preparation of the decision.
          DIGEST

          Protest challenging agency's evaluation of awardee's proposal is denied where
          record shows that protester was not competitively prejudiced by any agency error.
          DECISION

          Calnet, Inc., of Reston, Virginia, protests the award of a contract to McNeil
          Technologies, of Springfield, Virginia, under Department of the Army, Army Material
          Command   (AMC)  request for proposals (RFP) No. W52PlJ-09-R-0079, for advisory,
          atmospheric and analysis support services for U.S. forces in Iraq. Calnet asserts that
          the agency misevaluated McNeil's proposal.

          We deny the protest.

          The solicitation sought proposals for an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity
          contract for a 6-month base period, with three 6-month option periods. Award was
          to be made on a best value basis; technical proposals initially were to be evaluated
          on a go/no-go basis and those rated go would then be evaluated for past
          performance and price, with past performance being deemed significantly more
          important than price. RFP at 53-55. Regarding the past performance evaluation, risk
          ratings were to be assigned based on past performance questionnaire (PPQ)
          responses received by the agency. The risk ratings were to be correlated to the PPQ
          responses and would be based on the following ranges: 3.7-4 points, very low risk;
          3.0-3.6, low risk; 2.0-2.9, moderate risk; and 0.0-1.9, high risk. Id. Past performance

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