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B-279305 1 (1998-06-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptahsd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: WECO Cleaning Specialists, Inc File: B-279305 Date: June 3, 1998 Sam Z. Gdanski, Esq., and Jeffrey I. Gdanski, Esq., for the protester. Pamela R. Waldron, Esq., Social Security Administration, for the agency. Wm. David Hasfurther, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Agency reasonably evaluated awardee's prior experience based on awardee's submission of copies of prior contract statements of work where the solicitation did not prohibit the submission and evaluation of this type of information to establish an offeror's experience in performing contracts of similar size, scope, and complexity. 2. Agency official's request for cost and pricing data from awardee and conversations with awardee's references to determine whether awardee could perform contract at the low price offered relate to responsibility--the firm's capability to perform the contract--and do not constitute discussions since the information solicited was not necessary to determine the acceptability of the awardee's proposal and did not provide the awardee an opportunity to modify its proposal. DECISION WECO Cleaning Specialists, Inc. protests the award of a fixed-price contract to Beautify Professional Cleaning Service, Inc. under request for proposals (RFP) No. SSA-RFP-98-3288, issued by the Social Security Administration (SSA) for janitorial services. WECO principally contends that the agency should have conducted discussions, rather than making award on the basis of initial proposals. We deny the protest. The RFP, issued on September 16, 1997, required offerors to submit their proposals in two volumes: (1) business and pricing information and (2) experience and past performance information. Proposals were to be evaluated using the best value methodology on the basis of three factors: (1) promised value--an offeror's acceptability; (2) level of confidence--in the offeror's capability to perform-- assessment rating (LOCAR); and (3) price. The factors were listed in descending

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