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B-311273 1 (2008-06-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptavzu0001 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: Professional Performance Development Group, Inc. File: B-311273; B-311273.2 Date: June 2, 2008 John S. Pachter, Esq., Jonathan D. Shaffer, Esq., Mary Pat Gregory, Esq., Kathryn T. Muldoon, Esq., and Le'Ontra B. Greenspan, Esq., Smith Pachter McWhorter PLC, for the protester. Krystal A. Jordan, Esq., Department of Health and Human Services, for the agency. Katherine I. Riback, Esq., Sharon L. Larkin, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protester's proposal was reasonably evaluated by the contracting agency as technically unacceptable and excluded from the competitive range, where the proposal contained numerous informational deficiencies and the agency reasonably determined that discussions would not likely improve the proposal such that it would have a reasonable chance for award. DECISION Professional Performance Development Group, Inc., (PPDG) protests the exclusion of its proposal from the competitive range under request for proposals (RFP) No. FOHS2008REGA, issued by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Federal Occupational Health Services (FOHS) for occupational health and clinical services. PPDG argues that the agency's technical evaluation of its proposal was improper. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The FOHS is a fee for service operation that, among other functions, assists federal managers in establishing occupational health services for federal employees; counseling employees at physical or emotional risk from alcoholism, drug abuse, stress, or other job-related factors; and promoting employee wellness and physical fitness. RFP § C. 1. To this end, the FOHS has several thousand interagency agreements to provide basic occupational health and clinical services to federal

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