About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline
LOG IN
LOG IN

B-400581.5 1 (2009-09-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadazj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This version has been approved for public release. Decision Matter of: JSW Maintenance, Inc. File: B-400581.5 Date: September 8, 2009 Michael A. Gordon, Esq., Fran Baskin, Esq., and Maria Patente, Esq., Law Office of Michael A. Gordon, PLLC, for the protester. Jennifer M. Miller, Esq., and Anna G. Kizer, Esq., Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP, for Ashley-Marie Group, Inc., an intervenor. Maj. Jonathan P. Widmann, Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Edward Goldstein, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency's determination that awardee was entitled to a confidence past performance rating was based on a reasonable consideration of the relevance of the awardee's past performance information, which included a comparative assessment of the size, scope, and complexity of the awardee's contracts with the solicitation requirements. DECISION JSW Maintenance, Inc. of Warner Robins, Georgia, protests the award of a contract to Ashley-Marie Group, Inc. (AMG) of Elizabethtown, North Carolina, by the Department of the Air Force under request for proposals No. FA8501-08-R-0039 for grounds maintenance services for Robins Air Force Base (AFB), Georgia. JSW alleges that the agency's evaluation of AMG's past performance was unreasonable and that the agency failed to reasonably consider the fact that JSW and AMG did not have a similar understanding of the agency's requirements when they submitted their proposals. We deny the protest. The RFP, issued on June 20, 2008 as a Small Business Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) set-aside, contemplated the award of a fixed-price contract (to include several time-and-material line items) with a 1-year base performance period plus four 1-year option periods, to provide grounds maintenance services (including, but not limited to, mowing, edging, composting, and irrigation

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Contact us for annual subscription options:

Contact Us

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

Log In

profiles profiles most