Agency’s Past Performance Evaluation Failed to Consider Both Relevance and Quality of Awardee’s References; GAO B-414295, TOTE Services, Inc.

Protest challenging the agency evaluation of past technical performance is denied in part, where the agency reasonably evaluated the past performance of two affiliates of the awardee who would meaningfully contribute to contract performance; and sustained in part, where the agency unreasonably credited the awardee for relevant performance without considering the quality of that performance, and credited the awardee for positive performance without considering its relevance.