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B-284870.4 1 (2000-12-27)

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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: Millar Elevator Service Company

          File:        B-284870.4

          Date:        December 27, 2000


          Susan L. Schor, Esq., McManus, Schor, Asmar & Darden, for the protester.
          Jeffrey S. Baird, Esq., Bewley, Lassleben & Miller, for Amtech Elevator Services, an
          intervenor.
          Robert J. McCall, Esq., General Services Administration, for the agency.
          Mary G. Curcio, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
          participated in the preparation of the decision.

          DIGEST


          1. Protest that agency was required to reject awardee's proposal for failing to
          acknowledge a solicitation amendment is denied where awardee's technical
          proposal, and the signed price proposal that the awardee submitted in response to
          the amendment, obligated the awardee to perform in accordance with the
          solicitation as amended.

          2. Agency held meaningful discussions with protester where it pointed out
          significant weaknesses; other weaknesses were not required to be discussed because
          they were either insignificant or introduced into protester's proposal following
          discussions.
          DECISION

          Millar Elevator Service Company protests the award of a contract to Amtech
          Elevator Services under solicitation for offers (SFO) No. GS-03P-CDC-00-0006, issued
          by the General Services Administration (GSA) for elevator modernization and
          maintenance in the Moorhead Federal Building in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Millar
          complains that GSA performed an unreasonable evaluation of its and Amtech's

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