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f. A Accountabity * Integrity * Reliability of the United States
United States Government Accountability Office
Washington, DC 20548
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Decision
Matter of: Diversified Maintenance Systems, Inc.
File: B-401329.4
Date: November 9, 2009
Timothy M. Willardson, Esq., for the protester.
Capt. Rinah R. Shah, Department of the Army, for the agency.
Peter D. Verchinski, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
In a negotiated procurement that provided for multiple awards, protest challenging
agency's failure to award protester a contract is denied, where the agency reasonably
downgraded protester's proposal for significant weaknesses in the protester's
proposed safety plan.
DECISION
Diversified Maintenance Systems, Inc. of Salt Lake City, Utah, protests the failure of
the Department of the Army to award the firm a contract under request for proposals
(RFP) No. W9124A-08-R-0003, which provided for multiple awards of
indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contracts for construction services.
We deny the protest.
The RFP, issued as a small business set-aside, provided for the award of ID/IQ
contracts for a base year with four 1-year options for minor construction and real
property maintenance and repair at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, and other nearby sites.
In this regard, the RFP stated that the [g]overnment intends to award to the two
small businesses that represent the best overall value to the government. RFP at 1.
The solicitation identified a guaranteed minimum for each contract of $50,000 per
year for each base and option year. RFP at 3.
1 Because the protester did not seek admission under the protective order issued in
connection with this protest, our discussion of the agency's evaluation is somewhat
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