B-287164,B-287164.2: Apr 26, 2001

A firm protested an Army contract award for hydraulic actuators, contending that the Army improperly evaluated proposals in the areas of past performance, experience, and small business utilization. GAO held that the Army reasonably (1) credited the protester for the favorable past performance of its key employees (achieved while they were employed by the awardee), but nonetheless recognized that...

B-287164,B-287164.2: Apr 26, 2001

DIGEST Protester's challenge to the evaluation of past performance and experience in a competition where several of the awardee's former key employees are now employed by the protester and where those personnel. May have had a role in the awardee's favorable past performance. Is denied where the record shows that the agency reasonably: (1) credited the protester for the favorable past performance...