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

B-402330 1 (2010-03-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadbfv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: iL G A O Comptroller General fi.7!7 Accountabiity * 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 redacted version has been approved for public release. D e c is io n ........................................................... Matter of: AllServ Inc. File: B-402330 Date: March 9, 2010 Michael Gordon, Esq., and Fran Baskin, Esq., Michael A. Gordon PLLC, for the protester. Tracy J. Downing, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Scott H. Riback, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency misevaluated proposals is denied where record shows that agency's evaluation was reasonable and consistent with terms of solicitation and applicable statutes and regulations. DECISION AllServ, Inc., of Chapin, South Carolina, protests the award of a contract to Walco, Inc., of Rogersville, Missouri, under request for proposals (RFP) No. VA-789-09-RP- 0016, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for headstone raising and realignment and turf maintenance services at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio, Texas. AllServ maintains that the agency misevaluated proposals in connection with its award decision. We deny the protest. The RFP, as amended, sought fixed-price proposals for a period of performance from November 9, 2009 (or the date of award, whichever was later) to September 30, 2010. RFP amend. 2. Award was to be made on a best value basis considering price, technical, and past performance.' The technical factor was more important than 'For the non-price factors, the agency assigned color/adjectival ratings of blue/excellent, green/good, yellow/acceptable, orange/marginal, or red/fails. Agency Report (AR), exh. 10, at 14.

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