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 2016-06-24 U.S. Government Publishing Office 1999-02-01 monographic deposited born digital 6 p. GA 1.13:B-281393 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-281393 P0b002ee18fd4ce99 f:281393 DGPO 2016-06-24 2016-06-24 GAOREPORTS-B-281393 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-281393 B-281393 Comptroller General Decision

1. Protest that awardee should not have received favorable past performance rating because it is not an accounting firm is denied where solicitation provided that past performance evaluation would be based on offeror's performance of similar services, and did not refer to status as accounting firm.<p/>2. Protest that agency's failure to consider references precluded it from properly evaluating past performance is denied where solicitation required offerors to furnish detailed past performance information and provided only that references may be contacted; information required by solicitation provided sufficient basis for past performance evaluation.<p/>3. Protest that awardee's technical score should have been lowered based on the awardee's low proposed wage rates for accountants and its low overall price is denied where agency reasonably concluded that awardee's rates were not substantially different from rates offered by other competitive range offerors, and price would be adequate to cover costs of performance.<p/>4. Protest that agency did not consider protester's superior past performance rating in performing price/technical tradeoff is denied where record shows that in performing the tradeoff the agency was aware of the past performance and technical ratings, as well as the proposed prices of all offerors. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-281393/html/GAOREPORTS-B-281393.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-281393/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-281393.pdf GAO/B-281393 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-281393 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-281393; Deva & Associates, P.C., B-281393, February 1, 1999; Title 10 Section 2305(b)(1) 10 U.S.C. 2305(b)(1)