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B-404168 1 (2011-01-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadbsn0001 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: Goel Services, Inc. in association with Grunley Construction Co., Inc. File: B-404168 Date: January 12, 2011 Paul V. Waters, Esq., and Erin A. Behbehani, Esq., The Waters Law Firm, PLLC, for the protester. Andrew Bramnick, Esq., Lisa Marie Golden, Esq., Department of Defense, for the agency. Richard P. Burkard, Esq., Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., and Sharon L. Larkin, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging evaluation of protester's technical proposal is denied where agency's evaluation is reasonable and supported by the record. 2. Under solicitation providing for the award of a fixed-price contract, protest that agency impermissibly evaluated protester's low price as creating performance risk is denied, where solicitation sought specific cost and price information and the solicitation, under the technical factor, advised that the offeror's understanding of the work and proposed cost effectiveness would be evaluated. DECISION Goel Services in association with Grunley Construction Co., Inc. (Goel/Grunley), of Washington, D.C., protests the award of a contract to Beltsville Industries Group, Inc. (BIG), of Beltsville, Maryland, under request for proposals (RFP) No. HQ0034-10-R-0097, issued by the Department of Defense (DOD) for the cleaning and repair of exterior limestone facades of the Pentagon. Goel/Grunley protests the agency's evaluation of its price and technical proposals. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP contemplated the award of a fixed-price contract to clean and repair two exterior limestone facades at the Pentagon (identified in the solicitation as facades E and F), and repair weathered and deteriorated masonry joints. RFP at 3;

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