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B-402757.6,B-402757.7 1 (2011-02-10)

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         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 redacted version has been
                                                     approved for public release.

          Decision

          Matter of:  Facility Services Management, Inc.

          File:       B-402757.6; B-402757.7

          Date:       February  10, 2011

          John C. Dulske, Esq., Joan Kelley Fowler Gluys, Esq., and Bryan L. Kost, Esq., Dulske
          & Gluys, PC, for the protester.
          David S. Black, Esq., and Jacob W. Scott, Esq., Holland & Knight LLP, for KIRA, Inc.,
          an intervenor.
          Wilbert T. Jones, Esq., and Julia A. LoBosco, Esq., Department of Homeland Security,
          United States Coast Guard, for the agency.
          Paul E. Jordan, Esq., and David A. Ashen, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
          participated in the preparation of the decision.
          DIGEST

          Past performance evaluation rating of satisfactory was unobjectionable where
          record included negative past performance information on protester's incumbent
          contract and showed protester's business relations ratings generally declined on
          contracts nearing completion.
          DECISION

          Facility Services Management, Inc. (FSI), of Clarksville, Tennessee, protests the
          Department of Homeland  Security, United States Coast Guard's issuance of a blanket
          purchase agreement (BPA) to KIRA, Inc., of Miramar, Florida, under request for
          proposals (RFP) No. HSCG40-10-R-400001, for facility maintenance, repairs and
          operations services at the Coast Guard Yard (Yard) in Baltimore, Maryland. FSI
          challenges the evaluation of proposals.

          We deny the protest.

          BACKGROUND

          The solicitation, limited to vendors holding General Services Administration Federal
          Supply Schedule contracts, contemplated issuance of a fixed-price BPA, with a base
          year and 4 option years, to operate, maintain, repair, and perform minor restoration
          at the Yard. The BPA was to be issued to the vendor whose proposal represented
          the best value under three factors (with subfactors): technical capability

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