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B-292237 1 (2003-07-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacyjx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I G A 0Comptroller General A- Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States General Accounting Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Decision Matter of: Sam Facility Management, Inc. File: B-292237 Date: July 22, 2003 Charles E. Saunders, Esq., for the protester. Michael A. Gordon, Esq., Holmes, Schwartz & Gordon, for Superior Landscaping Co., Inc., an intervenor. Damon A. Martin, Esq., and Javier E. Gonzalez, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Tania Calhoun, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency improperly evaluated proposals of both the protester and the awardee is denied where the record shows that the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation's stated evaluation criteria. DECISION Sam Facility Management, Inc. protests the award of a contract to Superior Landscaping Co., Inc. under request for proposals (RFP) No. N62477-03-R-0007, issued by the Department of the Navy, Engineering Field Activity Chesapeake, for grounds maintenance and management services. Sam primarily argues that the Navy improperly evaluated proposals and that a member of the technical evaluation panel is biased against the firm. We deny the protest. The solicitation, issued as a section 8(a) set-aside, contemplated the award of a fixed-price contract including indefinite-quantity work to provide grounds maintenance and management services to several Navy installations in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area over a 1-year base period, with up to four 1-year option periods. The services to be provided include grass cutting and trimming; edging; weed control; turf fertilization; aerating; trenching and mulching planting beds; maintaining planting beds and tree rings; pruning; leaf pickup and disposal; and operating and maintaining irrigation systems. The government-estimated value of

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