United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao_comptroller_general legislative 2016-06-23 U.S. Government Publishing Office 1998-06-22 monographic deposited born digital 9 p. GA 1.13:B-279379.2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-279379-2 P0b002ee18fd42b5f f:2793792 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-279379-2 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-279379-2 B-279379.2 Comptroller General Decision 1. Protest that evaluator was biased against the protester and improperly downgraded the protester on past performance based upon the evaluator's opinion of the protester's work as incumbent contractor is denied where the record contains no evidence of bias, the evaluator's opinion of the protester's prior work was relevant since the evaluator was the project officer during the several years that the protester performed as incumbent contractor, and the record shows that the evaluation of the protester's proposal was balanced, with the protester receiving high ratings on several aspects of its proposal and very low ratings on others.<p/>2. Evaluation of the protester's work on a contract for another agency was proper even though that contract was not listed as a reference in the protester's proposal, where the agency was aware of the protester's prior contract with another agency, the solicitation specifically stated that the agency might contact sources that were not listed as references in an offeror's proposal, and the information regarding the protester's prior work for another agency clearly was relevant to evaluation of the protester's past performance.<p/>3. Protest that agency evaluator was biased against the protester and the evaluation therefore tainted is denied where the record contains no evidence to support the bias allegation and the record shows that the evaluation was reasonable.<p/>4. Technically unacceptable proposal cannot be considered for award regardless of its low proposed price. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-279379-2/html/GAOREPORTS-B-279379-2.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-279379-2/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-279379-2.pdf GAO/B-279379.2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-279379-2 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-279379.2; TEAM Support Services, Inc., B-279379.2, June 22, 1998;