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B-414555.3,B-414555.6 1 (2017-07-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadtqi0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States ....................................................................................................................... DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to Decision a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: MLU Services, Inc. File: B-414555.3; B-414555.6 Date: July 17, 2017 Joseph C. Staak, Esq., Smith, Currie & Hancock LLP, for the protester. M. Warren Butler, Esq., and Scott D. Stevens, Esq., Starnes Davis Florie LLP, and Brian Chapuran, Esq., and Jon D. Levin, Esq., Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C., for Timberline Homes of Louisiana, LLC, an intervenor; and, John T. Andrishok, Esq., Breazeale, Sachse and Wilson, LLP, for Andries and Associates, LLC, an intervenor. Nathaniel Greeson, Esq., and Erin Greten, Esq., Department of Homeland Secuirty, for the agency. Nora K. Adkins, Esq., and Amy B. Pereira, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging agency's determination under the authority of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. § 5150, regarding eligibility of firm selected to receive an award is denied where the agency reasonably concluded that the firm was residing or doing business primarily in the designated set-aside area. 2. Protest challenging agency's evaluation of awardee's company experience and past performance is sustained where the agency's evaluation considered experience of a firm that was not proposed to perform any portion of the work. DECISION MLU Services, Inc., a small business located in Athens, Georgia, protests the issuance of a contract to Timberline Homes of Louisiana, LLC (Timberline LLC), a small business located in Lafayette, Louisiana, by the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), pursuant to request for proposals (RFP) No. HSFE06-17-R-0003 for the maintenance and deactivation of manufactured housing units (MHUs). The protester alleges that Timberline LLC was not eligible for award because it does not meet the solicitation's Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (the Stafford Act) set-aside requirement. See 42 U.S.C. §§ 5121-5207. The protester also alleges that the agency's evaluation of Timberline

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