General Atomics

A firm protested the General Service's Administration's (GSA) issuance of a task order for upgrades and enhancements to the Spare Parts Production and Reprocurement Support system (SPARES) at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, contending that GSA's the evaluation of its past performance and cost was inaccurate. GAO held that: (1) the protester's proposal was reasonably downgraded for failure to include past performance information required by the solicitation amendment, and (2) since the awardee was a new company, GSA could reasonably consider the awardee's key personnel's experience in evaluating the awardee's past performance. Accordingly, the protest was denied.