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B-293061.2 1 (2004-01-28)

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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: Base Technologies, Inc.

          File:        B-293061.2; B-293061.3

          Date:        January 28, 2004

          L. James D'Agostino, Esq., Richard L. Moorhouse, Esq., Leigh T. Hansson, Esq., and
          Natalia W. Geren, Esq., Reed Smith, for the protester.
          Michael D. Harbart, Esq., Department of Treasury, for the agency.
          Sharon L. Larkin, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General
          Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
          DIGEST

          1. Agency's consideration of key personnel's lack of law enforcement, and limited
          years of, experience was proper, where these matters were reasonably encompassed
          within the solicitation's evaluation criteria and related to the solicitation's
          requirements.

          2. During discussions, an offeror need not be told of all weaknesses that would
          enable it to achieve maximum evaluation score.

          3. Agency may consider the references of one joint venture partner in evaluating a
          joint venture offeror's past performance where they are reasonably predictive of
          performance of the joint venture entity.

          4. Agency's scoring of past performance was reasonable and consistent with the
          solicitation's evaluation criteria; protester's argument that agency failed to follow
          scoring scheme set forth in agency's internal evaluation plan does not provide a valid
          basis for protest.

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