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B-281287.10 1 (2000-02-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptakxn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General SIntegrity Reliability of the United States ~ccountabthty Inert Rea iy United States General Accounting Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Decision Matter of: Meridian Management Corporation; Johnson Controls World Services, Inc. File: B-281287.10; B-281287.11 Date: February 8, 2000 Michael A. Gordon, Esq., and Fran Baskin, Esq., Holmes, Schwartz & Gordon, for Meridian Management Corporation, and Kathleen C. Little, Esq., David R. Johnson, Esq., James R. Farnsworth, Esq., and Suzanne D. Reifman, Esq., Vinson & Elkins, for Johnson Controls World Services, Inc., the protesters. Jacqueline B. Gayner, Esq., Ross, Suchoff, Hankin, Maidenbaum, Handwerker & Mazel, and John A. Ordway, Esq., Berliner, Corcoran & Rowe, for Citywide Office Management Services, the intervenor. Lorraine Lee, Esq., and Barbara Affeldt, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency. Henry J. Gorczycki, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Agency evaluation is unreasonable where the stated evaluation scheme contemplates an evaluation of labor qualifications and mix for each contract requirement, the agency did not so evaluate staffing for significant contract requirements, and the record shows that the awardee did not propose adequate staffing for those requirements. 2. Agency improperly relaxed the solicitation's minimum qualification requirement that key personnel have experience in the operation and maintenance of a comparable government functional activity of the same or similar scope where many of the awardee's key personnel lack governmental experience. DECISION Meridian Management Corporation and Johnson Controls World Services, Inc. protest an award to Citywide Office Management Services under request for proposals (RFP) No. DACA51-98-R-0007, issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, for base operations and maintenance services at Fort Hamilton, New York. The protesters allege that the agency conducted an unreasonable and unequal evaluation and award selection.

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