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B-288627 1 (2001-11-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptamsh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General SIntegrity Reliability of the United States ~ccountabthty Inert Rea iy United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: American Medical Information Services File: B-288627 Date: November 7, 2001 Stephen Jacob for the protester. Phillipa L. Anderson, Esq., Dennis Foley, Esq., and Rheba Heggs, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Jacqueline Maeder, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that solicitation gives undue weight to past performance because, in addition to past performance evaluation factor, certain non-price subfactors included under technical excellence and management factors concern past performance-related considerations, is denied; there is no limitation on weight agency can assign particular factors in evaluation. DECISION American Medical Information Services (AMEDIS) protests the terms of request for proposals (RFP) No. 504-01-02 1, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for medical transcription services at the VA Medical Center in Amarillo, Texas and six outpatient clinics in Texas, New Mexico and Kansas. AMEDIS contends that the RFP assigns undue weight to past performance-related evaluation considerations. We deny the protest. The RFP, issued July 20, 2001 as a total small business set-aside, provides for the award of an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract for off-site transcription services for a base year, with four 1-year options. RFP at lb. Evaluation is to be on a best value basis using the following factors, subfactors and weights: (1) Past Performance 30% - all contracts - Government contracts