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B-404044 1 (2010-12-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadbpw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: li AL A , GA O Comptroller General Acc untabiity * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 D .. Decision Matter of: Emerson Company File: B-404044 Date: December 29, 2010 Daniel Norton for the protester. Richard D. Ferguson, Esq., Defense Logistics Agency, for the agency. Linda C. Glass, Esq., and Sharon L. Larkin, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest of agency's evaluation of past performance and source selection decision is denied where record shows that the evaluation and award decision were reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. DECISION Emerson Company, of Rolling Hills Estates, California, protests the issuance of a purchase order to Weckworth Manufacturing, Inc. (WMI) of Haysville, Kansas, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. SPM7L2-10-Q-1743, issued by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) for vehicle seats. Emerson complains that the agency misevaluated its past performance and improperly issued a purchase order to a vendor with a higher-price quotation. We deny the protest. The RFQ, issued on September 2, 2010 as a small business set-aside, advised vendors that the source selection was to be based on a best value determination considering past performance, offered delivery, and price. RFQ at 1, 17. The RFQ requested delivery 180 days after the date of order and stated that the requirement was urgently needed to support the war fighters. RFQ at 1-2. The evaluation of past performance was to be based primarily on information available in the Automated Best Value System (ABVS) and the Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS). The ABVS is a DLA-computerized system that collects and analyzes vendors' past performance history for a specific period of time and translates it into a numeric score based on the consideration of delivery and quality. RFQ at 16. The PPIRS is a

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