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B-410774,B-410774.2 1 (2015-02-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadrge0001 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 version has been approved for public release. D e c i s i o n L .-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . . .. Matter of: Zero Waste Solutions, Inc. File: B-410774; B-410774.2 Date: February 13, 2015 Pamela J. Mazza, Esq., Megan C. Connor, Esq., Julia Di Vito, Esq., and Patrick T. Rothwell, Esq., PilieroMazza PLLC, for the protester. Daniel J. Cragg, Esq., Eckland & Blando LLP, for Exemplar Enetrprises, Inc., the intervenor. Joel David Malkin, Esq., General Services Administration, for the agency. Paula A. Williams, Esq., and Jennifer Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency's evaluation of proposals and its selection of higher-rated, higher-priced proposal for award, in a procurement where non-price considerations were more important than price, were unobjectionable where the record shows that despite errors in the evaluation, the protester would not have had a substantial chance of receiving an award. DECISION Zero Waste Solutions, Inc. (Zero Waste), of Concord, California, protests the award of a contract to Exemplar Enterprises, Inc. (Exemplar), of Oxnard, California, under request for proposals (RFP) No. GS-05P-14-SI-D-0017 issued by the General Services Administration (GSA) for janitorial and related services at the Ralph H. Metcalfe Federal Building in Chicago, Illinois. Zero Waste argues that the agency misevaluated its proposal and made an unreasonable source selection decision. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP issued on April 14, 2014 as a competitive section 8(a) small business set- aside, sought proposals for a contractor to provide management, supervision, manpower, equipment, and supplies necessary to perform janitorial and related services including customer service, custodial cleaning, quality control, and other

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