B-277658: Nov 7, 1997

A firm protested a Social Security Administration (SSA) contract award for consolidated facility management services, contending that: (1) SSA improperly evaluated the awardee's experience and past performance; (2) SSA did not reasonably inform bidders that it intended to make award on the basis of initial bids and therefore was required to conduct discussions; and (3) the SSA's site visit to a re...

B-277658: Nov 7, 1997

The protester's mere disagreement with an agency's evaluation of the awardee's experience and past performance does not demonstrate that the agency's evaluation was unreasonable. An agency's site visit to a facility/building identified by the awardee as an experience/past performance reference does not constitute discussions where no information was obtained from the awardee that was essential for...