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B-291345 1 (2002-12-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaoiv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O0 Comptroller General Accountability * Integrity* Reliability of the United States 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: Consolidated Engineering Services, Inc. File: B-291345; B-291345.2 Date: December 23, 2002 William A. Roberts, III, Esq., Timothy W. Staley, Esq., and Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., Wiley Rein & Fielding, for the protester. John S. Albanese, Esq., and Andrew B. Blumenfeld, Esq., Department of Defense, for the agency. Linda S. Lebowitz, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest is sustained where the record fails to reasonably support the agency's decision to eliminate from consideration as technically unacceptable the only proposal received from a commercial offeror in the private-sector portion of the competition conducted pursuant to Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76. DECISION Consolidated Engineering Services, Inc. (CESI) protests the decision of the Department of Defense (DOD) to eliminate from consideration its proposal to operate, maintain, and repair the Pentagon Heating and Refrigeration Plant (H&RP) in Arlington, Virginia. CESI argues that the agency's decision was unreasonable. We sustain the protest. BACKGROUND The Pentagon H&RP requirements at issue here are for steam production, chilled water production, electrical distribution, steam distribution, chilled water distribution, and sewage. Historically, the annual operating cost of the Pentagon H&RP has been approximately $5.4 million. Agency Report (AR), Tab 1, Acquisition Plan, at 1. On May 11, 2001, pursuant to the provisions of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-76, the agency issued solicitation No. MDA946-00-R-0034 in order to select a commercial offeror to compete against the government's most

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