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B-420907 Oct 24, 2022 1 (2022-10-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaonuu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
441 G St. N.W.                                       Comptroller General
Washington, DC 20548                                 of the United States
DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
Decision                            The decision issued on the date below was subject to
a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has
been approved for public release.
Matter of: Teya Enterprises, LLC             ----------------
File:     B-420907
Date:     October 24, 2022
Edward T. DeLisle, Esq., and Andres M. Vera, Esq., Offit Kurman, P.C., for the
protester.
Major James S. Kim, and Michael McDermott, Esq., Department of the Army, for the
agency.
Heather Self, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of the awardee's proposal is denied
because the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation.
DECISION
Teya Entrerprises, LLC, a small business of Anchorage, Alaska, challenges the award
of a contract to Main Building Maintenance, Inc. (MBM), a small business of San
Antonio, Texas, under request for proposals (RFP) No. W81 K04-21-R-0004, issued by
the Department of the Army for healthcare environmental cleaning and related services.
Teya challenges the agency's evaluation of the awardee's proposal.
We deny the protest.
BACKGROUND
On October 15, 2021, using the procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
part 15, the agency issued the solicitation as a total small business set-aside. Agency
Report (AR), Tab 11, RFP at 1.1 The solicitation sought proposals for the provision of
healthcare environmental cleaning and related services at William Beaumont Army
Medical Center, Fort Bliss, Texas and a few dozen other related medical treatment
facilities in Texas and New Mexico totaling 1,367,990 square feet. Id. at 73-74. In
providing the cleaning services, the solicitation advised that the contractor will be
required to prioritize infection control while optimizing cleaning practices to support the

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