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B-285048.2 1 (2000-08-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptalcg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: -e GeAtOa E Comptroller General of the United States United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Aliron International, Inc. File: B-285048.2 Date: August 3, 2000 Kenneth A. Martin, Esq., Martin & Adams, for the protester. Merilee D. Rosenberg, Esq., and Philip Kaufman, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Mary G. Curcio, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging proposals exclusion from competitive range is denied where range was properly limited to the most highly rated proposals, and protester has not challenged the evaluation or rating of proposals. DECISION Aliron International, Inc. protests that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) improperly excluded its proposal from the competitive range and failed to provide meaningful discussions under request for proposals (RFP) No. 101-03-00, for operation of a comprehensive program of occupational health and wellness for VA and other specified federal agencies. We deny the protest. The RFP contained two statements of work (SOW): the first addressed the majority of services, including the treatment of occupational and non-occupational illnesses and injuries, emergency and non-emergency services, an employee assistance program for VA, and other additional services, SOW I, and the second described the services required to run VA's fitness center. SOW II. The RFP provided that proposals initially would be evaluated to determine whether offerors qualified under a past performance standard, which provided that offerors must have performed similar occupational health services during the past 5 years. RFP at 77. Proposals of offerors that met this standard would then be evaluated on a best value basis under the factors past performance, oral presentation, organizational review and price. Id.

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