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B-293097 1 (2004-01-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptapka0001 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: Paradise Landscape Maintenance, Inc. File: B-293097 Date: January 29, 2004 Terry E. Thomason, Esq., and Peter S. Knapman, Esq., Alston, Hunt, Floyd & Ing, for the protester. Peter J. Lenhart, Esq., for KN Lawn Service, Inc., an intervenor. Damon Martin, Esq., Richard G. Welsh, Esq., Robert Little, Esq., and Ron R. Ashlock, Esq., Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, for the agency. Susan K. McAuliffe, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest of evaluation of proposals and award decision is denied where record shows evaluation and source selection were reasonable and consistent with solicitation's evaluation scheme. DECISION Paradise Landscape Maintenance, Inc. protests the evaluation of proposals and award to KN Lawn Service, Inc. under request for proposals (RFP) No. N62742-02-R- 2211, issued as a competitive section 8(a) set-aside by the Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, for grounds and tree maintenance services at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The protester challenges the reasonableness of the agency's evaluation of the awardee's proposal and contends that the agency should have awarded the contract to Paradise on the basis of its substantial experience despite its significantly higher price. We deny the protest. The RFP contemplated the award of a fixed-price contract with an indefinite-quantity item for a base year and 4 option year periods. The RFP provided the following two equally weighted factors for award: price and technical. The technical factor was comprised of two equally weighted subfactors, past performance/experience and execution, and was to include evaluation of the experience and qualifications of proposed key personnel and subcontractors. Under

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