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B-411827 1 (2015-10-27)

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         G    A    O                                                   Comptroller General
      Accountabilty * 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:   L&J Building Maintenance, LLC

         File:        B-411827

         Date:        October 27, 2015

         Lawrence Sklute, Esq., and Ethan Brown, Esq., Sklute & Associates, for the
         protester.
         William A. Shook, Esq., for Hamilton Alliance, Inc., the intervenor.
         Kenneth G. Wilson, Esq., and Laura Arnolds, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the
         agency.
         Kenneth Kilgour, Esq., Cherie J. Owen, Esq., and David A. Ashen, Esq., Office of
         the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
         DIGEST

         Protest challenging the evaluation of the awardee's experience and past
         performance is denied where the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the
         terms of the solicitation.
         DECISION

         L&J Building Maintenance, LLC, of Topeka, Kansas, protests the Department of the
         Navy's award of a contract to Hamilton Alliance, Inc. (HAl), of West Palm Beach,
         Florida, under request for proposals (RFP) No. N40085-15-D-7904, for refuse
         collection and disposal, and recycling services at the Naval Support Activity Crane,
         Indiana. The protester asserts that the agency unreasonably evaluated the
         awardee's proposal as meeting the minimum experience and past performance
         requirements.

         We deny the protest.

         BACKGROUND

         The RFP, issued as a service-disabled, veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB)
         set-side, sought proposals for the award of a fixed-price contract, with a 1-year base
         period and four 1-year options, for refuse collection and disposal, and recycling
         services. The RFP provided that award would be made to the offeror that submitted
         the lowest-priced, technically acceptable proposal, with the evaluation of technical

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