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B-275209.3 1 (1997-07-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaftt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: JW Associates Inc. File: B-275209.3 Date: July 22, 1997 Brad Piehl for the protester. Gary C. Rynearson for Natural Resources Management Corporation, an intervenor. Allen W. Smith, Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, for the agency. Christina Sklarew, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Contracting agency's reevaluation of technical proposals--pursuant to General Accounting Office recommendation in prior decision to do so--is reasonable where the record shows that the evaluation was consistent with the evaluation criteria established in the solicitation; protester's mere disagreement with the agency's conclusions does not render the reevaluation unreasonable. 2. Where contracting agency reevaluates proposals pursuant to a General Accounting Office recommendation after contract has been awarded, contracting officials may properly consider awardee's performance on contract in period between award and reevaluation where request for proposals incorporated prior experience and contract performance into evaluation factors. DECISION JW Associates Inc. protests the award decision of the Forest Service under request for proposals (RFP) No. RM-96-37 following the Forest Service's reevaluation of proposals under that solicitation. JW had earlier protested the Forest Service's award of a contract to Natural Resources Management Corporation (NRMC) under this RFP. In JW Assocs. Inc., B-275209, Jan. 30, 1997, 97-1 CPD 57, we sustained JW's protest because we concluded that the Forest Service's technical evaluation and award decision were not adequately supported, and we recommended that the Forest Service reevaluate the proposals, conducting discussions and requesting best and final offers, if necessary. The Forest Service reevaluated and affirmed its original determination that NRMC's offer represented the best value to the government. JW now challenges various aspects of the Forest Service's reevaluation and the subsequent award decision. We deny the protest.

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