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A G A O Comptroller General
. Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States
United States Government Accountability 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: Firma Hermann Leis
File: B-295956; B-295956.2
Date: May 19, 2005
Paul D. Reinsdorf, Esq., Reinsdorf & Associates, for the protester.
Maj. Gregory R. Bockin, Department of the Army, for the agency.
Linda C. Glass, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
1. Protest that awardee does not meet solicitation's definitive responsibility criterion
requiring proof of 5 years of experience for the type of work to be performed is
denied where record shows that the contracting officer reasonably determined that
the awardee satisfied this criterion.
2. Protest that agency's evaluation and source selection decision were flawed is
denied where record shows that the agency's evaluation and source selection
decision were reasonable and consistent with the solicitation's evaluation factors.
DECISION
Firma Hermann Leis protests the award of a contract to Dachbau Kurpfalz GmbH
under request for proposals (RFP) No. W912PE-04-R-0059, issued by the Department
of the Army, for roofing work in support of the 411th Base Support Battalion
facilities in Germany. Leis objects to the agency's evaluation of proposals and the
source selection decision.
We deny the protest.
BACKGROUND
The solicitation contemplated the award of an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity
roofing contract for a 1-year base period with four 1-year option periods. As a
threshold requirement, the RFP provided that [o]fferors who [did] not have five
years of [roofing] experience [were] not eligible for award. RFP § M, A. For those
offerors that met the 5-year experience requirement, the RFP stated that award
would be made on a best value basis, with the past performance and experience](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaocrptaqvv0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)