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B-409187,B-409187.2,B-409187.3 1 (2014-02-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqch0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountabilty * 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 L .-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . . .. Matter of: Wolf Creek Federal Services, Inc. File: B-409187; B-409187.2; B-409187.3 Date: February 6, 2014 William A. Roberts III, Esq., Richard B. O'Keeffe, Jr., Esq., and John R. Prairie, Esq., Wiley Rein LLP, for the protester. Eden Brown Gaines, Esq., Brown Gaines, LLC, for Helix Management Services, LLC, the intervenor. Alexander T. Bakos, Esq., and J. Brett Swanson, Esq., National Aeronautics and Space Administration, for the agency. Christina Sklarew, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. An agency reasonably did not consider the past performance of the protester's affiliates where the protester's proposal did not establish that the affiliates would have any meaningful involvement in contract performance. 2. Where a protester's neutral past performance rating was not considered a significant weakness, and the nature and relevance of the protester's past performance submissions were clear, an agency was not required to discuss the protester's past performance. 3. A protester was not misled by an agency in discussions where the agency led the protester to the areas of concern in its proposal but did not inform the protester that the agency considered these areas to be significant weaknesses. DECISION Wolf Creek Federal Services, Inc., of Anchorage, Alaska, protests the award of a contract to Helix Management Services (HMS), of Lanham, Maryland, under request for proposals (RFP) No. NND1 1372962R, issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for facilities operations and

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