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B-287589 1 (2001-07-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptamqh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General SIntegrity Reliability of the United States ~ccountabthty Inert Rea iy United States General Accounting Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Decision Matter of: B-287589 File: Maytag Aircraft Corporation Date: July 5, 2001 J. Randolph MacPherson, Esq., Sullivan & Worcester, for the protester. Sam Zalman Gdanski, Esq., for Midwest Weather, Inc., an intervenor. Capt. Charles T. Kirchmaier, and Col. Michael R. Neds, Department of the Army, for the agency. Tania Calhoun, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that contracting agency improperly evaluated protester's proposal as marginal under one aspect of the technical evaluation is denied where the record shows the proposal lacked information showing satisfaction of experience requirements by one proposed key person even after agency requested that the required information be provided. 2. Protest that contracting agency improperly evaluated proposals with respect to past performance is denied where the record shows the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the evaluation criteria; awardee with no Department of Defense past performance was properly given neutral rating for this aspect of the evaluation. DECISION Maytag Aircraft Corporation protests the award of a contract to Midwest Weather, Inc. under request for proposals (RFP) No. DAHA90-00-R-0016, issued by the National Guard Bureau (NGB) to obtain meteorological services. Maytag contends that the agency improperly evaluated proposals and failed to conduct meaningful discussions with the firm. We deny the protest. The NGB issued this solicitation on November 2, 2000, to obtain weather observation services for the Air National Guard at seven locations throughout the United States, and weather forecasting services at two of those locations. Award of a fixed-price

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