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GAOU.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
441 G St. N.W.                                                Comptroller General
Washington, DC 20548                                          of the United States




Decision


Matter of: Mayfield Government Inspections

File:       B-414528

Date:       June 13, 2017

Edward Holman, Mayfield Government Inspections, for the protester.
Helen Y. Kearns, Esq., General Services Administration, for the agency.
Todd C. Culliton, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protest challenging agency's technical evaluation and best-value tradeoff decision is
denied where the record shows the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the
terms of the solicitation, and that the tradeoff decision was reasonable and supported.
DECISION

Mayfield Government Inspections (MGI), of University City, Texas, protests the award of
a contract to Stafford Service Source, Inc. (Stafford), of Kingwood, Texas, under
request for proposals (RFP) No. GS-07-P-16-JU-D-7008, issued by the General
Services Administration, Public Buildings Service, for elevator inspection services. MGI
alleges that the agency misevaluated proposals and made an improper best-value
tradeoff decision.

We deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

The RFP, issued on August 5, 2016, as a small business set-aside, contemplated the
award of a fixed-price contract for elevator inspection services to be performed over a
1-year base period and four 1-year option periods at various sites throughout Texas,
Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and New Mexico. Contracting Officer's Statement
at 1; RFP Performance Work Statement (PWS)  1. Specific elevator inspections to be
performed include semi-annual inspections, annual inspections, and 5-year full load full
speed test/inspections. PWS 4.

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