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B-409697 1 (2014-07-11)

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



         Decision


         Matter of:   Richen Management, LLC

         File:        B-409697

         Date:        July 11, 2014

         Richard McCue for the protester.
         Joel David Malkin, Esq., General Services Administration, 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 challenging the agency's evaluation of the protester's past performance
         is denied where the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation's
         stated evaluation criteria.

         2. Protest challenging the propriety of the agency's best value determination is
         denied where the agency's price/past performance tradeoff determination was
         documented, reasonable, and consistent with the solicitation's stated evaluation
         criteria.
         DECISION

         Richen Management, LLC, of Dover-Foxcroft, Maine, protests the award of a
         contract to Sparkle Janitorial Service, of Detroit, Michigan, under request for
         proposals (RFP) No. GS-05P-14-SVD-0019, issued by the General Services
         Administration (GSA) for janitorial and related services at the Ambassador Bridge
         and Nexus Trailer, Detroit, Michigan. Richen challenges the agency's evaluation of
         its past performance and source selection decision.


We deny the protest.

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