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A G A O Comptroller General
. Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States
United States Government Accountability 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: Raymond Associates, LLC
File: B-299496; B-299496.2
Date: May 29, 2007
Scott M. Heimberg, Esq., Thomas P. McLish, Esq., Mark J. Groff, Esq., and Lauren R.
Bates, Esq., Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, for the protester.
John S. Pachter, Esq., Jonathan D. Shaffer, Esq., Mary Pat Gregory, Esq., and
Kathryn T. Muldoon, Esq., Smith Pachter McWhorter PLC, for Aegis Defence
Services, Limited, an intervenor.
LTC David Newsome, Jr., Department of the Army, for the agency.
Peter D. Verchinski, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
1. Protest that agency's source selection decision was based on improper averaging
of evaluation ratings is denied where record shows that award decision was not
based on ratings alone.
2. Protest that agency should have ranked protester's proposal more highly under
technical evaluation factor due to its past performance as incumbent is denied where
solicitation included separate past performance evaluation factor, and did not
provide for considering past performance under technical factor.
3. Protest that agency improperly credited awardee's proposal with strength for a
[DELTED] is denied where [DELETED] was reasonably related to stated evaluation
factors.
DECISION
Raymond Associates, LLC protests the Department of the Army's award of a contract
to Aegis Defence Services, Limited under request for proposals (RFP) No. W91GYO-
07-R-0007, for personal security services in support of the Multinational Security
Transition Command in Iraq. Raymond challenges the Army's evaluation of
proposals and resulting source selection.
We deny the protest.](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaocrptauez0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)