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B-299548.2 1 (2007-09-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaufl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 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: Paragon Systems, Inc. File: B-299548.2 Date: September 10, 2007 Katherine S. Nucci, Esq., and Timothy Sullivan, Esq., Thompson Coburn LLP, for the protester. Richard J. Sprunk, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, for the agency. Louis A. Chiarella, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Agency's evaluation of vendor's past performance was reasonable where agency contacted an individual who was familiar with the vendor's performance, even though the individual was not the point of contact designated by the vendor in its past performance reference. 2. Protester's contention that agency past performance evaluation was unreasonable because the agency did not distinguish between degrees of relevance in evaluating each vendor's past performance is denied where the evaluation was reasonable, and consistent with the stated evaluation criteria; there is no per se requirement that an agency weight differently the ratings given each vendor based on an assessment of the relative relevance of the vendor's prior contracts. DECISION Paragon Systems, Inc. protests the issuance of a task order to NCLN20, Inc. pursuant to request for quotations (RFQ) No. 186419, issued by the Federal Protective Service (FPS), Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), for armed security guard services at federal facilities located throughout the state of Arizona.! Paragon argues that the agency misevaluated vendors' quotations in the area of past performance. 1 The electronic announcement of the solicitation here was termed an RFQ, Agency Report (AR), July 2, 2007, at 2 n. 1, and the responding vendors referred to the solicitation as an RFQ, although the solicitation itself was identified as a request for proposals and stated throughout that offerors were to submit proposals. These (continued...)

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