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B-407605 1 (2013-01-15)

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        G     A    O                                                 Comptroller General
      Accountability * Integrity * Reliability            of the United States
United States Government Accountability Office
Washington, DC 20548



         Decision


         Matter of:  Energy Engineering & Consulting Services, LLC

         File:       B-407605

         Date:       January 15, 2013

         Dennis R. Zappone, Energy Engineering & Consulting Services, LLC, for the
         protester.
         Amy A. Cook, Esq., General Services Administration, for the agency.
         Brent Burrs, Esq., Susan K. McAuliffe, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of
         the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
         DIGEST

         Protest challenging agency's rejection of quote as technically unacceptable for
         failing to provide sufficient detail in technical narrative is denied where the protester
         failed to demonstrate that the agency's evaluation was unreasonable or inconsistent
         with the terms of the solicitation.
         DECISION

         Energy Engineering & Consulting Services, LLC (EECS), of Swayzee, Indiana,
         protests the issuance of a task order to Sebesta Blomberg, of Arlington, Virginia,
         under request for quotations (RFQ) No. ID04120157 issued by the General
         Services Administration (GSA) for retro-commissioning services. EECS challenges
         GSA's evaluation of its quotation as technically unacceptable.

         We deny the protest.

         BACKGROUND

         GSA issued the RFQ on August 13, 2012 under Federal Supply Schedule (FSS)
         03FAC (Facilities Maintenance and Management) on behalf of the Air Force Civil
         Engineer Support Agency (AFCESA) for retro-commissioning services at multiple
         Air Force facilities.' Agency Report (AR), Exhibit (Exh.) 1, Contracting Officer's

         1 AFCESA provides centralized facility energy program management and support to
         Air Force facilities. AR, Exh. 5, Performance Work Statement (PWS), at 1.
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