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B-420086 Nov 22, 2021 1 (2021-11-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaomkn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 1Oo U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE A Century of Non-Partisan Fact-Based Work 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States Decision Matter of: Stevenson Intermountain Seed, Inc. File: B-420086 Date: November 22, 2021 Jason Stevenson for the protester. William B. Blake, Esq., Department of the Interior, for the agency. Paula A. Williams, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency misevaluated both the protester's and the awardee's proposals under solicitation's past performance factor is denied where the contemporaneous record shows that the agency's evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation. DECISION Stevenson Intermountain Seed, Inc. (Stevenson), a small business located in Ephraim, Utah, protests the award of a contract to Flying M. Enterprises (Flying M) under request for proposals (RFP) No. 140L3721 R0010, issued by the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), to purchase various species of land restoration seeds. Stevenson challenges the past performance evaluation and the award to Flying M for certified immigrant Kochia (Kochia) seeds. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP was issued on June 30, 2021, seeking proposals for award of multiple fixed- price contracts pursuant to the procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation part 15. The solicitation contemplated the purchase of up to 120 different species of land restoration seeds.1 RFP at 8; Contracting Officer's Statement at 2. The requirement is referred to as BLM's seed buy program and the program objective is to consolidate the agency's needs for land restoration seeds for most of the western states. The seeds 1 Citations to the RFP are to the conformed copy provided by the agency as exhibit 2.

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