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B-282272 1 (1999-06-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptajjj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Inland Service Corporation File: B-282272 Date: June 21, 1999 Johnathan M. Bailey, Esq., Law Offices of Theodore M. Bailey, for the protester. Capt. Patricia A. McHugh, and Lt. Col. Holly M. Stone, Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Sylvia Schatz, 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 under past performance factor based on past performance information provided by protester's reference for contract that was similar in scope to current requirements, where information showed several performance deficiencies and reference stated it would not renew an option under protester's contract. DECISION Inland Service Corporation protests the award of a contract to U.S. Grounds Maintenance, Inc. (UGM), under request for proposals (RFP) No. F48608-99-R-0002, issued by the Department of the Air Force for grounds maintenance at F.E. Warren Air Force Base (AFB), Wyoming. Inland maintains that the award was improper because the agency's evaluation of its past performance was flawed. We deny the protest. The RFP provided for award of a fixed-price requirements contract for 6 months, with five 1-year options, to the responsible firm whose offer was found most advantageous to the government, considering past performance and executed proposal documentation which, combined, were approximately equal in importance to price. RFP § E, at 33. The performance-price tradeoff (PPT) technique was to be used to arrive at a best value award decision. Id. Application of this technique involves determining the acceptability of each offeror's proposal, ranking all acceptable proposals by evaluated price, and assigning the proposals a performance risk assessment rating of low, moderate, high, or not applicable. Id. The RFP advised that, although the agency reserved the right to conduct discussions if necessary, it

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