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B-284601.2 1 (2000-06-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptalat0001 and id is 1 raw text is: -e GeAtOa E Comptroller General of the United States -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------. 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: KELO, hie. File: B-284601.2 Date: June 7, 2000 James A. Calderwood, Esq., and Heather J. LoPresti, Esq., Zuckert Scoutt & Rasenberger, for the protester. Robert L. Duecaster, Esq., for Coville, Inc., an intervenor. Christine S. Trafford, Esq., Federal Prison Industries, for the agency. C. Douglas McArthur, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging the evaluation of the protester's past performance is denied where the record establishes the reasonableness of the agency's evaluation and the protester merely disagrees with the agency's determination. DECISION KELO, Inc. protests the award of a contract to Coville, Inc., under request for proposals (RFP) No. 1PI-R-1474-00/PFU, issued by Federal Prison Industries for fabric to be used to manufacture T-shirts. The protester contends that the agency's evaluation of KELO's past performance was unreasonable. We deny the protest. Federal Prison Industries is a wholly-owned government corporation within the Department of Justice that operates at various locations within the federal prison system under the trade name UNICOR. RFP amend. 3, at 12. UNICOR operates factories at 70 locations providing employment, education, and training to inmates in federal custody. Id. In so doing, UNICOR ensures the safety and security of operations at federal correctional facilities while producing and selling market- priced, quality goods in a self-sustaining manner. UNICOR states that it achieves this mission by manufacturing the products it sells. Warvel Prods., Inc., B-281051.5, July 7, 1999, 99-2 CPD 13 at 2.

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