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B-415809 1 (2018-03-28)

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




Decision


Matter of: Armstrong Elevator Company

File:       B-415809

Date:       March 28, 2018

Roy Armstrong, for the protester.
Claire Watkins, Esq., General Services Administration, for the agency.
Lois Hanshaw, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protest challenging the terms of a solicitation for elevator and escalator modernization
as unduly restrictive of competition is denied where the agency demonstrates a
reasonable basis for the required approach.
DECISION

Armstrong Elevator Company (Armstrong), a small business of Largo, Florida, protests
the terms of request for proposals (RFP) No. 47PM0218R0001, issued by the General
Services Administration (GSA) for elevator and escalator modernization and
maintenance at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) headquarters building in
Washington, D.C. Armstrong contends that aspects of the RFP are unduly restrictive of
competition and defective.

We deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

GSA issued the RFP on November 21, 2017, on an unrestricted basis.' Exh. A,
Contracting Officer's Statement, at 3; AR, Tab 10, RFP at 15. The statement of work

1 Prior to the release of the solicitation, GSA issued a sources-sought notice to small
business concerns to ascertain their capability to perform the requirement. Agency
Report (AR), Tab 2, Sources Sought, at 1. Armstrong submitted a capability statement
in response to the notice. AR, Tab 3, Market Analysis, at 1. Based on the responses
received, the agency concluded that none of the small businesses met the requirements
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