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G                  U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
441 G St. N.W.                                                Comptroller General
Washington, DC 20548                                           of the United States




Decision


Matter of: Design Industry LLC

File:       B-414816

Date:       September 22, 2017

Filip Kristani for the protester.
G. Thompson Bell III, Esq., Stevens & Lee, for Greater Berks Development Fund, the
intervenor.
Robert Notigan, Esq., General Services Administration, for the agency.
Pedro E. Briones, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protest challenging the technical evaluation of the protester's lease proposal is denied
where the record establishes that the agency's evaluation was reasonable and
consistent with the solicitation's technical specifications and evaluation criteria.
DECISION

Design Industry LLC (DIL), of Maywood, New Jersey, protests the award of a lease to
Greater Berks Development Fund (Berks), of Reading, Pennsylvania, under request for
lease proposals (RLP) No. 5PA0378, issued by the General Services Administration
(GSA), Public Buildings Service, for office space. The protester challenges the
agency's evaluation of its technical proposal.

We deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

The RLP was provided to four potential lessors on September 13, 2016, and sought
proposals for 32,011 ABOA1 square feet of office space within the central business


1 ABOA (ANSI/BOMA Office Area) is the GSA-recognized standard, as defined by the
American National Standards Institute/Building Owners and Managers Association
(ANSI/BOMA), for measuring the area where the tenant normally houses personnel,
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