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B-311314.2 1 (2008-06-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptawab0001 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: Trammell Crow Company File: B-311314.2 Date: June 20, 2008 Ronald A. Schechter, Esq., Gary E. Humes, Esq., Kara L. Daniels, Esq., Stuart W. Turner, Esq., and Patricia L. Stasco, Esq., Arnold & Porter, for the protester. Fernand A. Lavallee, Esq., Jeffrey R. Keitelman, Esq., J. Phillip Ludvigson, Esq., and Kim K.S. Pagotto, Esq., DLA Piper, for the intervenor. Elizabeth A. Hall, Esq., General Services Administration, for the agency. Peter D. Verchinski, Esq., David A. Ashen, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest is sustained where agency improperly credited awardee's proposed building with availability of certain future amenities; while solicitation required third party evidence that amenities will exist by date of occupancy, awardee only provided in its proposal its own commitment that it would provide the amenities in its building by occupancy date. 2. Protest that agency failed to engage in meaningful discussions with the protester is sustained where agency failed to raise significant weaknesses associated with protester's key personnel during discussions. DECISION Trammell Crow Company (TCC) protests the General Services Administration's (GSA) award of a lease to CS Master V, LLC (Stonebridge), under solicitation for offers (SFO) No. 07-018, for office and related space to be occupied by the Department of Justice (DOJ) in Washington, D.C. TCC alleges several evaluation and other improprieties in the procurement. We sustain the protest. The solicitation, which anticipated the award of a 15-year lease, provided for a best value award based on four evaluation factors (with subfactors): location (access to DOJ facilities; access to Metrorail; and access to amenities); building characteristics (quality of building architecture, building systems, construction, and finishes;

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