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

B-409424 1 (2014-04-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqgr0001 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 Decision [bee ao for release. Matter of: Star Contract Services, LLC File: B-409424 Date: April 23, 2014 Lawrence J. Sklute, Esq., Sklute & Associates, for the protester. Gerald H. Werfel, Esq., Pompan, Murray & Werfel, P.L.C., for Alianza Building Services, Inc., the intervenor. Rachel G. Borden, Esq., and Lori R. Larson, Esq., Department of the Treasury, for the agency. Louis A. Chiarella, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that an agency's consideration of the awardee's experience and past performance was unreasonably based upon the experience and past performance of the awardee's teaming partners is denied where the agency's evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation's evaluation criteria. 2. Protest that the awardee's price was unrealistically low is denied where the agency reasonably found the awardee's price to be realistic. DECISION Star Contract Services, LLC (SCS), of Hyattsville, Maryland, protests the award of a contract to Alianza Building Services, Inc., of Gaithersburg, Maryland, under request for proposals (RFP) No. TIRNO-14-R-00004, issued by the Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), for custodial and janitorial services for the IRS Main Building Headquarters, in Washington, D.C. SCS challenges the evaluation of the awardee's proposal. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP, issued as a section 8(a) set-aside, contemplated the award of a fixed-price contract for specified custodial and janitorial services for a base year and

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