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B-285696 1 (2000-09-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptalea0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I G A 0 Comptroller General Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Lynwood Machine & Engineering, Inc. File: B-285696 Date: September 18, 2000 Nick Berkem for the protester. Michael Briskin, Esq., and Mary E. Clarke, Esq., Defense Logistics Agency, for the agency. Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. In evaluating past performance, agency properly considered performance record of company other than the one submitting a quotation where company submitting quotation intended to rely heavily on the other company's personnel in performing the job. 2. Agency is not required to contact all of a vendor's references, but must act reasonably in determining which ones to contact and which not to contact. 3. Agency was not required to conduct discussions with protester to allow it an opportunity to clarify its past performance information where procurement was conducted using simplified acquisition procedures. 4. Agency properly considered information concerning vendor's past performance obtained from a source not identified by the vendor in its quotation. 5. Where agency is not required to hold discussions or otherwise communicate with vendors regarding past performance information, and the contracting officer has no reason to question the validity of the information furnished by the vendor's

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