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B-280429 1 (1998-09-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptahvk0001 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: Securiguard/Group 4 Joint Venture File: B-280429; B-280429.2; B-280429.3 Date: September 30, 1998 Karen D. Powell, Esq., and Joseph J. Petrillo, Esq., Petrillo & Powell, for the protester. Dennis J. Gallagher, Esq., Department of State, for the agency. Christina Sklarew, Esq., and Paul Lieberman, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency improperly downgraded joint venture's past performance evaluation based on reported allegations of corruption during past contract performance by one joint venture partner is denied where agency raised its concern about the allegations during discussions and the protester's response substantially corroborated the agency's concern by conceding the existence of irregularities and acknowledging that the protester was conducting an ongoing investigation, and the response failed to provide adequate explanation of past actions, give specific assurance of how any recurrence would be prevented, or otherwise resolve agency's legitimate concerns. DECISION Securiguard/Group 4 Joint Venture (S/G4)1 protests the Department of State's award of a contract to Securis under request for proposals (RFP) No. S-BE200-97-R-0036, for guard services for the American Embassy in Brussels, Belgium. S/G4 primarily alleges that the agency misevaluated the protester's past performance. We deny the protest. The RFP, issued on July 18, 1997, contemplated the award of a 1-year guard services contract with four 1-year options. Section L of the solicitation instructed offerors to submit their offers in five volumes, which were to include executed standard forms, price proposal, technical proposal, business management proposal, 1The protesting firm is a joint venture consisting of three companies: Securiguard, Inc., and Group 4, Inc., both U. S. corporations, and Group 4 Securitas-IMS S.A., a Belgian firm.

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