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B-413613.2 1 (2017-01-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadtah0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountabilty * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: Desbuild Inc. File: B-413613.2 Date: January 13, 2017 Douglas L. Patin, Esq., Aron C. Beezley, Esq., and Lisa A. Markman, Esq., Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, for the protester. Isaias Cy Alba, IV, Esq., Patrick T. Rothwell, Esq., and Stephen J. Kelleher, Esq. Piliero Mazza PLLC, for Edifice Solutions, the intervenor. Claire A. Watkins, Esq., General Services Administration, for the agency. Elizabeth Witwer, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of the awardee's prior experience is denied where it is based upon an unreasonable interpretation of the solicitation. 2. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of the awardee's key personnel is denied where, although the agency effectively waived a solicitation requirement, the protester does not demonstrate that it was prejudiced by the waiver. 3. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of the awardee's past performance is dismissed as untimely, where any ambiguity as to the scope of the analysis contemplated was patent. DECISION Desbuild Inc., a small business, of Hyattsville, Maryland, protests the award of a contract to Edifice, LLC, doing business as Edifice Solutions, a small business, of Beltsville, Maryland, under request for proposals (RFP) No. GS-1 1 P-1 6-MKC- 7003, issued by the General Services Administration (GSA) for a perimeter security improvement project at the Albert V. Bryan U.S. Courthouse in Alexandria, Virginia. The protester challenges the agency's evaluation of the awardee's proposal under the solicitation's non-price factors. We deny the protest in part and dismiss the protest in part.

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