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B-403651,B-403651.2 1 (2010-11-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadbpk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 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: Retail Clean Management Systems File: B-403651; B-403651.2 Date: November 18, 2010 Johnathan M. Bailey, Esq., Bailey & Bailey, PC, for the protester. Michael A. Gordon, Esq., for J.A. Farrington Janitorial Services, Inc., an intervenor. Maj. K. L. Grace Moseley, Department of the Army, for the agency. Linda C. Glass, Esq., and Sharon L. Larkin, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency's evaluation and source selection decision were flawed is denied where record shows that the agency's evaluation and source selection were reasonable and consistent with the solicitation's evaluation factors. DECISION Retail Clean Management Systems, of San Antonio, Texas, protests the award of a contract to J.A. Farrington Janitorial Services, Inc., of Durham, North Carolina, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. W9124M-10-T-0038, issued by the Department of the Army for floor maintenance services for Laurel Bay and Fort Jackson schools in South Carolina. The protester objects to the agency's evaluation of quotations and the source selection decision. We deny the protest. The RFQ was issued on June 14, 2010, as a small business set-aside and contemplated the award of a fixed-price contract for a base period and four 1-year option periods. RFP at 4, 46. The floor maintenance services to be provided included scrubbing, stripping, sealing, and finishing of all uncarpeted floor areas, excluding restrooms and vacuuming, shampooing carpet areas. Id. at 18. The RFQ provided that award would be made to the vendor whose quotation was determined to be the most advantageous to the government on the basis of the following evaluation factors listed in descending order of importance: technical expertise (which consisted of relevant experience and quality control plan), past performance, and price. Id. at 48. The RFQ stated that technical expertise was the most important factor and was more important than all the remaining factors combined. Id.

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