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         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
                                                     been approved for public release.
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         Matter of:   Marianas Management Corporation

         File:        B-411593

         Date:        September 3, 2015

         William J. Ohle, Esq., Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, for the protester.
         Marilyn M. Paik, Esq., General Services Administraton, for the agency.
         Paula J. Haurilesko, Esq., and David A. Ashen, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
         GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
         DIGEST

         1. Protest that the agency improperly accepted a proposed site for a federal
         courthouse that was located within the tsunami inundation zone and failed to meet
         the solicitation's elevation requirements for buildings in the zone is denied, where
         the site did not lie within the tsunami inundation zone as defined by the solicitation.

         2. Protest that the agency improperly credited the awardee for proposing a site
         where eating facilities were located more than 1  mile away is denied, where the
         solicitation provided the contracting officer with the discretion to accept sites that
         are located more than 1 mile from eating facilities.
         DECISION

         Marianas Management Corporation (MMC), of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands,
         protests the General Services Administration's (GSA) award of a lease to EFC
         Services Corporation, also of Saipan, under request for lease proposals (RLP)
         No. 1 MP2006, for the lease of a new building for the United States District Court
         and other federal agencies.

         We deny the protest.

         BACKGROUND

         The RLP sought offers for the lease of a new building for the United States District
         Court, U.S. Probation Office, U.S. Marshals Service, and the U.S. Attorney's Office
         in Saipan, in the Northern Mariana Islands. RLP at 4. The RLP provided that
         award would be made on a best value basis considering price and the following

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