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B-277273 1 (1997-09-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptagbs0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Consolidated Engineering Services, Inc. File: B-277273 Date: September 24, 1997 David M. Nadler, Esq., and Tina M. Ducharme, Esq., Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky, LLP, for the protester. Jerry Ann Foster, Esq., General Services Administration, for the agency. Mary G. Curcio, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency reasonably downgraded protester's proposal significantly under experience and past performance factor where only one of four references identified in proposal responded to agency's inquiry; that reference was from protester's parent company, leading agency to question its impartiality; and protester failed to include information in proposal showing work performed under that contract was similar to work under the solicitation. DECISION Consolidated Engineering Services, Inc. protests the elimination of its proposal from the competitive range under General Services Administration (GSA) solicitation No. GS-07P-97-HXC-0007, for commercial facilities management services at four federal buildings in Texas. We deny the protest. The RFP indicated that the awardee would be selected on a best value basis considering two technical factors--staffing and work schedules (with three subfactors), and experience and past performance--and cost (less important than technical). Eleven offers were received and were evaluated with scores ranging from 2.3 to 8.7 (on a 10-point scale). GSA determined that the three top-rated offers--with scores of 8.7, 8.1, and 8.0--were significantly superior to the others (the next highest-ranked offer received 5.9 points) and should be included in the competitive range. Consolidated's proposal was ranked tenth, with a score of 3.5. Consolidated's score reflected a finding of deficiencies in the experience and past performance factor and the operation, maintenance, repair, and supervisory staff subfac to r.

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