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B-296948.2 1 (2005-11-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaqyr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 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: YORK Building Services, Inc. File: B-296948.2; B-296948.3; B-296948.4 Date: November 3, 2005 Thomas J. Madden, Esq., Terry L. Elling, Esq., Rebecca E. Pearson, Esq., Tamara M. McNulty, Esq., and Carol F. Westmoreland, Esq., Venable LLP, for the protester. Ruth E. Ganister, Esq., Rosenthal and Ganister, for Obsil, Inc., an intervenor. Elin M. Dugan, Esq., United States Department of Agriculture, for the agency. Paul N. Wengert, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest is sustained where source selection official failed to document rationale for source selection consistent with differential weighting of technical evaluation factors and emphasis on technical superiority as required by solicitation. DECISION YORK Building Services, Inc., a small business, protests the award of a contract by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) under request for proposals (RFP) No. RFP-OPPM-05-R-70 for janitorial services at the Agriculture South Building, the Jamie L. Whitten Building, and the Cotton Annex building,' and for recycling services only at the Sydney R. Yates Building, all located in Washington, DC. YORK objects that the evaluation of proposals was inconsistent with the RFP. We sustain the protest. The USDA issued the RFP as a small business set-aside on September 9, 2004, seeking fixed-price proposals for a base period and four 1-year option periods. RFP at 8-9. The RFP emphasized the importance of technical superiority over price in the source selection, and listed three technical factors in descending order of importance: technical approach, management plan, and past performance. RFP 'The RFP was amended to change the scope of services to be provided at the Cotton Annex building to recycling services only. RFP amend. 1.

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