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B-290593 1 (2002-08-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaogd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General Accountability * Integrity* Reliability of the United States United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: John Blood File: B-290593 Date: August 26, 2002 John Blood for the protester. Lynn W. Flanagan, Esq., Department of Agriculture, for the agency. Paula A. Williams, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that contracting agency improperly evaluated protester's past performance in a procurement using simplified acquisition procedures is denied where at the time of its selection decision agency had no reason to question the validity of the information furnished by the protester's references. Agency was not required to conduct discussions or otherwise communicate with protester regarding the adverse past performance information obtained from the protester's references. DECISION John Blood protests the issuance of a purchase order to URI Forestry Services, Inc. under request for quotations (RFQ) No. RFQ-RMAST-02-033, issued by the Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture, for tree thinning and snagging services at the Nebraska National Forest. Blood challenges the evaluation of the firm's past performance record and award to a higher-priced vendor. We deny the protest. The RFQ, issued as a small business set-aside under simplified acquisition procedures, contemplated the issuance of a fixed-price order to the commercial vendor whose quotation represented the best value to the government. Quotations were to be evaluated on the basis of price and past performance; past performance was stated to be as important as price. To evaluate past performance, vendors were required to provide specific information about recent relevant similar contracts from the last 3 years that support past and present performance, as well as contact information for three references. This information would be reviewed by the agency

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