Agency Reasonably Considered Individual Past Performance of JV Member; GAO B-412036.3, IT Enterprise Solutions JV LLC

Protest challenging the agency’s past performance evaluation is denied, where the agency reasonably considered whether the joint venture member proposed for specific work under the contract had relevant experience, even though the JV as a whole did possess this experience, and where the RFP did not clearly define the six-month lookback period for past performance references to be considered recent and ongoing, but the protester did not challenge this ambiguity prior to the deadline for proposal submission; and protest challenging the agency’s best value award decision is denied, where the solicitation provided for a competitive source selection decision and permitted the agency to elect to trade present/past performance for price.