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B-274676.2 1 (1997-01-08)

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oComptroller General
             of the United States
             Washington, D.C. 20548
             Decision                                  DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE

                                                      A protected decision was issued on the date below
                                                      and was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This
                                                      version has been redacted or approved by the parties
                                                      involved for public release.


             Matter of: 1301 New York Avenue Associates

             File:        B-274676.2; B-274676.3

             Date:        January 8, 1997

             Douglas L. Patin, Esq., Catherine R. Baumer, Esq., and Robert J. Symon, Esq.,
             Spriggs & Hollingsworth, for the protester.
             Richard J. Conway, Esq., and Karen Lau, Esq., Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky,
             for Square 140 Associates, an intervenor.
             Barry D. Segal, Esq., and Jeffrey M. Hysen, Esq., General Services Administration,
             for the agency.
             Paula A. Williams, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
             GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
             DIGEST

             Protest that agency improperly evaluated the protester's best and final offer for the
             lease of office space is denied where the record shows that the agency's evaluation
             of the protester's rental rate that included required tenant alterations was
             reasonable notwithstanding the protester's expectation that its lower rate which
             excluded these alterations would be used for evaluation purposes.
             DECISION

             1301 New York Avenue Associates Limited Partnership protests the award of a
             contract to Square 140 Associates under solicitation for offers (SFO) No. 96-012,
             issued by the General Services Administration (GSA) for the lease of approximately
             167,000 to 177,000 occupiable square feet (osf)1 of office and related space in
             Washington, D.C. for use by the Department of Agriculture's Economic Research
             Service (ERS). The protester argues that the evaluation of its offer and that of the
             awardee was unreasonable in several specific areas.

             We deny the protests.





             lOccupiable space is defined by the SFO to include only the portion of rentable
             space that is available for the tenant's personnel, equipment, and furnishings.


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