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B-405377 1 (2011-10-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadoig0001 and id is 1 raw text is: .L SG AO Comptroller General f.Accountabity * 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. D e c i s i o n ...................................................................................................................... Matter of: The McConnell Group, Inc. File: B-405377 Date: October 21, 2011 Pamela J. Mazza, Esq., Isaias Alba, IV, Esq., Ryan C. Bradel, Esq., and Kathryn V. Flood, Esq., PilieroMazza PLLC, for the protester. Scott A. Ford, Esq., for the intervenor. Major Andrew J. Smith, Department of the Army, for the agency. Tania Calhoun, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Agency's evaluation of offeror's past performance is reasonable where the evaluation of relevant past performance is consistent with the evaluation criteria and supported by the evaluation record. 2. Protest that the agency conducted unequal discussions is denied where the record shows that the agency's discussion questions reasonably advised offerors of the areas of their proposals considered weaknesses, and that the offerors were treated in an equal manner. DECISION The McConnell Group, Inc. (TMG), of Rockville, Maryland, protests the award of a contract to SoBran, Inc., of Burtonsville, Maryland, under request for proposals (RFP) No. W81XWH-11-R-0001, issued by the Department of the Army for animal husbandry and associated animal support services. TMG, the incumbent contractor, argues that the agency improperly evaluated proposals with respect to past performance and conducted unequal discussions. We deny the protest. The solicitation, issued December 7, 2010, sought proposals to provide animal husbandry and associated animal support services, including standard laboratory animal veterinary technical procedures, to support the Veterinary Medicine and

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