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B-275334 1 (1997-02-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptafue0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller 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: EastCo Building Services, Inc. File: B-275334; B-275334.2 Date: February 10, 1997 Donald E. Barnhill, Esq., and Joan K Fiorino, Esq., East & Barnhill, for the protester. Lee W. Crook, Esq., and Emily C. Hewitt, Esq., General Services Administration, for the agency. Sylvia Schatz, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that agency improperly applied undisclosed evaluation criteria--whether prior contracts had been of 3-year duration and whether prior buildings serviced were at least 500,000 square feet in size--is denied where solicitation reasonably put offerors on notice of these considerations would be included in the evaluation. 2. Protest that agency improperly downgraded protester's proposal based on its mechanical application of an undisclosed estimate of full-time equivalents (FTE) rather than considering protester's overall unique approach to cost efficient staffing is denied where, although agency used its staffing estimates as a starting point for evaluation, agency fully considered and reasonably evaluated protester's staffing approach. 3. Discussions with protester were adequate where agency advised protester that its proposed staffing for mechanical requirements was inadequate, and discussions with awardee were virtually identical. 4. Agency's post-best and final offer communications with awardee constituted discussions, since the awardee revised its staffing and price in response, but this does not provide basis for sustaining protest, since there is no showing of competitive prejudice to protester. DECISION EastCo Building Services, Inc. protests the General Services Administration's (GSA) award of a contract to TECOM under request for proposals (RFP) No. GS-079-96- 914220

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