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 2007-07-24 monographic deposited born digital 16 p. GA 1.13:B-299702 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-299702 P0b002ee18fd485b1 f:299702 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-299702 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-299702 B-299702 Comptroller General Decision 1. Where, for purposes of evaluation under corporate experience subfactor, request for quotations (RFQ) defined relevant work as work similar in scope, magnitude, and nature to solicited effort, it was not consistent with the terms of the RFQ for the evaluators to consider work of lesser magnitude relevant; protest is denied, however, where agency had reasonable basis for viewing efforts not meeting solicitation definition as relevant, and there is no evidence that protester was prejudiced by the agency's relaxation of its criteria for determining relevance.<p/> 2. Since, to demonstrate an impermissible "bait and switch," a protester must show not simply that a firm represented that it would rely on specific personnel whom it did not intend to furnish, but also that the misrepresentation had a material impact on the evaluation, allegation that successful vendor intends to substitute equally (or better) qualified personnel for the individuals specified in its quotation is legally insufficient since such a substitution could not materially affect the evaluation results.<p/> 3. Protest arguing that successful vendor's Federal Supply Schedule contract does not contain all required labor categories is denied where agency reasonably determined that vendor had proposed equivalent labor categories. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-299702/html/GAOREPORTS-B-299702.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-299702/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-299702.pdf GAO/B-299702 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-299702 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-299702; B-299702; B-299702.2, Data Management Services Joint Venture, July 24, 2007;