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B-296741.14 1 (2007-04-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptauax0001 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: Olympus Building Services, Inc. File: B-296741.14; B-296741.15 Date: April 20, 2007 Grace Bateman, Esq., and Amanda Weiner, Esq., Seyfarth Shaw LLP, for the protester. Kenneth B. Weckstein, Esq., and Pamela A. Reynolds, Esq., Epstein Becker & Green, PC, for Rowe Contracting Services, Inc., an intervenor. Frank A. March, Esq., Department of the Army, 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 improperly evaluated awardee's security awareness plan is denied where agency reasonably found that information provided by awardee to address agency's concerns raised during discussions was adequate. 2. Agency's determination that awardee's proposed price was not so low as to present a performance risk was reasonable where agency found price realistic based on comparison of awardee's proposed price to those of other offerors. DECISION Olympus Building Services, Inc. protests the award of a contract to Rowe Contracting Services, Inc. under request for proposals (RFP) No. HHM402-05-R-0017, issued by the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) for janitorial services at the DIA Analysis Center. Olympus challenges the proposal evaluation and best value determination. We deny the protest. The solicitation, issued on April 14, 2005, contemplated the award of a fixed-price contract and provided for award on a best value basis considering two technical evaluation factors--technical and management--past performance, and price. With respect to price, the solicitation advised that total prices found to be unrealistically

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