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B-404645 1 (2011-03-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadbsk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O 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 redacted version has been approved for public release. Decision Matter of: CMI Management, Inc. File: B-404645 Date: March 2, 2011 Peter B. Ford, Esq., Theodore P. Watson & Associates, LLC, for the protester. Olga Vaytsman, Esq., Christian S. White, Esq., and Alex Tang, Esq., Federal Trade Commission, for the agency. Pedro E. Briones, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that an agency used an unstated evaluation factor in evaluating protester's quotation with regard to quality control is denied where the solicitation required that vendors describe how they would satisfy statement of work requirements, including quality standards. DECISION CMI Management, Inc., of Alexandria, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order to AAA Complete Building Services, Inc., of Washington, D.C., under request for quotations (RFQ) No. FTC-10-Q-0045, issued by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for facilities maintenance services. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFQ, issued on the General Service Administration's (GSA) e-Buy website, provided for the issuance of a task order for various services for FTC's facilities in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.' Competition was limited to vendors holding Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contracts under schedule 03FAC. Vendors 'GSA's e-Buy system allows ordering activities to post requirements, obtain quotations, and issue orders electronically. Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) § 8.402(d) (2010).

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