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B-278738 1 (1998-03-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptahqb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to a I GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: Xeno Technix, Inc. File: B-278738; B-278738.2 Date: March 11, 1998 William F. Hanlon for the protester. Michael J. Gardner, Esq., Clark & Stant, P.C., for George G. Sharp, an intervenor. David H. Turner, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. David A. Ashen, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest against agency determination not to credit protester with the experience and performance of its proposed subcontractor is denied where protester's proposal indicated that subcontractor would perform less than I percent of the expected effort; agency could reasonably conclude that subcontractor's proposed contribution did not significantly bear on the likelihood of successful performance by protester such that attribution of subcontractor's record to protester was appropriate. 2. Composition of technical evaluation panel is within the discretion of the agency, and where protester has not shown actual bias on the part of particular evaluators there is no basis to question the composition of the panel. DECISION Xeno Technix, Inc. protests the Department of the Navy's award of a contract to George G. Sharp, under request for proposals (RFP) No. N00140-97-R-1754, for shipboard troubleshooting, repair, and maintenance services in the vicinity of Norfolk, Virginia. Xeno primarily challenges the evaluation of technical proposals. We deny the protest. The solicitation contemplated award of a time-and-materials contract for a 1-year base period, with 4 option years, for troubleshooting, repair, and maintenance services for main and auxiliary, hull, mechanical and electrical (HM&E) systems aboard government vessels. The majority of work to be performed involves shipboard HM&E systems. Award was to be made to the responsible offeror whose conforming offer was most advantageous to the government, with technical considerations more important than price. The solicitation listed, in descending

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