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B-405980.7,B-405980.8,B-405980.9 1 (2012-05-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadoyl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I QA Comptroller General 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. L - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - i Decision Matter of: Phoenix Management, Inc. File: B-405980.7; B-405980.8; B-405980.9 Date: May 1, 2012 Gerald H. Werfel, Esq., Pompan, Murray & Werfel, PLC, for the protester. Greg Harding, Esq., and Jared Minsk, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Mary G. Curcio, Esq., and David A. Ashen, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency unreasonably evaluated awardee's past performance is denied where decision to rate one reference relevant and one somewhat relevant was based on the work performed under each of the contracts compared to the work that was being solicited. DECISION Phoenix Management, Inc. (PMI), of Austin, Texas, protests the Department of the Air Force's award of a contract to Data Monitor Systems, Inc. (DMS), of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, under request for proposals (RFP) No. FA81 01-11 -R-0002, for fuels management services at Tinker Air Force Base. PMI protests that the agency unreasonably evaluated the past performance of DMS, violated the Procurement Integrity Act, and acted in bad faith. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND Award was to be made to the technically acceptable offeror that provided the best value to the government based on a trade-off between past performance and price. RFP, Addendum to FAR 52.212-2 at 1. There were six technical subfactors: program management and orientation; manpower and organization chart; quality control; safety; environmental; and mission essential contractor services (MECS). Id. at 2. With respect to past performance, the solicitation provided that the agency would consider the past performance of the offerors and their joint venture partners

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