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B-411534 1 (2015-08-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadrls0001 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 been approved for public release. D e c i s i o n L .-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . . .. Matter of: Al Mutawa & Sahni Company, W.L.L. File: B-411534 Date: August 14, 2015 Joseph Whitcomb, Esq., and Daniel McAuliffe, Esq., Whitcomb Law, PC, for the protester. Capt. Bertha Diaz, Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Peter D. Verchinski, Esq., and Nora K. Adkins, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging agency's determination that protester's proposal was technically unacceptable for failing to provide required experience is denied where record shows agency's evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation's evaluation criteria. DECISION Al Mutawa & Sahni Company, W.L.L. (MASC), of Doha, Qatar, protests the Department of the Air Force's award of a contract to Tamimi Global Company LTD, of Dammam, Saudi Arabia, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. FA5702-15-T- 0001, for custodial services at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. MASC challenges the agency's evaluation of its quotation. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFQ, issued on December 1, 2014 under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures, provided for the award of a fixed-price contract for custodial services for a base year with four 1-year options. The solicitation provided that award would be made on a lowest-priced, technically acceptable basis, considering the following three evaluation factors: technical, past performance, and price. RFQ at 24. The technical evaluation factor consisted of two subfactors: technical narrative and management of employees/resources. Id. at 25. The RFQ instructed that quotations should be submitted in three separate

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