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B-281490 1 (1999-02-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptajgz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: OMV Medical, Inc. File: B-281490 Date: February 16, 1999 Kenneth A. Martin, Esq., and Jennifer C. Adams, Esq., Martin & Rylander, for the protester. John R. Osing, Jr., Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Linda S. Lebowitz, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency reasonably eliminated the protester's revised proposal from the competitive range after conducting discussions where the protester failed to demonstrate past performance in providing registered nurses as required by the terms of the amended solicitation and its low price indicated the firm could have problems recruiting and retaining registered nurses. DECISION OMV Medical, Inc. protests the elimination of its revised proposal from the competitive range and the award of contracts to Maryland Professional Staffing Services, Inc. (MPSS) and American Health Research Institute (AHRI) under request for proposals (RFP) No. N62645-97-R-0016, issued by the Department of the Navy to provide registered nurses (RN) to the National Naval Medical Center (NNMC), Bethesda, Maryland. OMV challenges the agency's determination that its revised proposal was not considered among the most highly rated and it questions the evaluation of the awardees' proposals. We deny the protest. The RFP, issued on April 14, 1998 as a total small business set-aside, contemplated the award of a fixed-price, personnel services contract. RFP Cover Sheet; RFP § L.3, at 70. The contractor was required to provide RN services for the following groups of hospital units: Group A--intensive care unit (ICU), post anesthesia care unit (PACU), and operating room (OR); Group B--neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and mother and infant care center (MICC); and Group C--medical surgical, ambulatory care clinic (ACC), and ambulatory procedure unit (APU). The RFP provided that the award would be made to the responsible offeror whose

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