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B-284455 1 (2000-04-14)

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                                                                of the United States
United States General Accounting Office
Washington, DC 20548



         Decision


         Matter of: The Project Management Group, Inc.

         File:      B-284455

         Date:      April 14, 2000


         Louie A. Dicks for the protester.
         Phillipa L. Anderson, Esq., and Cameron V. Gore, Esq., Department of Veterans
         Affairs, for the agency.
         Christina Sklarew, Esq., and Paul I. Lieberman, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
         GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
         DIGEST

         Evaluation of offeror's corporate experience which gives firm only limited credit for
         experience of its key personnel with other entities is unobjectionable where
         evaluation was performed in accordance with stated evaluation criteria and reflects
         a reasonable assessment of offeror's experience.

         DECISION

         The Project Management Group, Inc. (PMG) protests the award of a contract to
         RS Staffing, Inc. under request for proposals (RFP) No. 766-9-99, issued as a total
         small business set-aside by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for the provision
         of pharmacy technicians and mail/packaging support for a VA outpatient pharmacy
         in Charleston, South Carolina. PMG contends that the award was improper because
         the agency improperly downgraded PMG for its lack of corporate experience.

         We deny the protest.

         The RFP, issued on November 1, 1999 as a commercial acquisition under the special
         procedures in Part 12 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, contemplated the award
         of a 1-year contract with two 1-year renewal options to the responsible offeror
         whose conforming offer was most advantageous to the government. RFP at 3, 17.
         The RFP listed the following four technical evaluation factors, indicating that when
         combined, their weight would be equal to that of price in the overall evaluation:
         corporate experience and demonstrated capabilities; personnel qualifications;

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