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B-418216,B-418216.2,B-418216.3 1 (2020-01-27)

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GAO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
441 G St. N.W.                                                   Comptroller General
Washington, DC 20548                                              of the United States
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                                             DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
                                           The decision issued on the date below was subject to
Decision                                   a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has
                                          1been approved for public release.


Matter of:   100 Westminster Partners, LLC

File:        B-418216; B-418216.2; B-418216.3

Date:        January 27, 2020

Mary Beth Bosco, Esq., and Gordon Griffin, Esq., Holland & Knight LLP, for the
protester.
Alex D. Tomaszczuk, Esq., Meghan D. Doherty, Esq., and Dinesh C. Dharmadasa,
Esq., Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, for Providence Financial Plaza, LLC, the
intervenor.
Jessica Gunzel, Esq., General Servcies Administration, for the agency.
Mary G. Curcio, Esq., and Laura Eyester, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

1. Protest that agency improperly awarded lease to offeror that proposed space on
contiguous floors is denied where space was being procured for the United States
Attorneys' Office and solicitation incorporated design guide which permitted space on
contiguous floors.

2. Protest that agency improperly awarded lease to offeror that proposed space in a
building where a firm specializing in criminal law was also a tenant, in violation of the
terms of the lease solicitation, is denied where criminal law is just one of firm's 25
practice areas.

3. Protest that agency improperly awarded lease to offeror that failed to meet
solicitation's energy efficiency requirements is denied where protester does not identify
any specific energy efficiency requirements that awardee's proposed building will not
meet.

4. Protest that agency is required to cancel lease because of a conflict of interest due
to both protester and awardee being represented by agents that work for the same
broker is denied where protester does not demonstrate it was competitively prejudiced.

5. Protest that agency performed improper present value price evaluation is denied
where protester does not demonstrate that it was competitively prejudiced by error.

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