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B-406894 1 (2012-09-20)

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 A         G    AO                                                        Comptroller General
_,,7A    Accountabfilty * 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
           Decision                                    been approved for public release.



           Matter of:   NSR Solutions, Inc.

           File:        B-406894

           Date:        September 20, 2012

           Janice Davis, Esq., Davis & Steele, for the protester.
           Christopher S. Cole, Esq., Department of the Air Force, 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

           Protest that the protester is entitled to a higher past performance rating is denied
           where the agency's evaluation was reasonable and in accordance with solicitation's
           evaluation criteria.
           DECISION

           NSR Solutions, Inc., of Rockville, Maryland, protests the award of a contract to JDD,
           Inc., of Cleveland, Ohio, under request for proposals (RFP) No. FA9301 -11 -R-0006,
           issued by the Department of the Air Force for custodial services.

           We deny the protest.

           BACKGROUND

           The solicitation, issued as an historically underutilized business zone (HUBZone)
           set-aside, provided for the award of a fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-
           quantity contract for five years (with a 6-month option period) for base-wide
           custodial services at Edwards Air Force Base and the Air Force Research
           Laboratory. The contractor will provide all management, tools, equipment and labor
           to perform custodial services at over 250 facilities totaling more than 2 million
           square feet. RFP amend. 4, Performance Work Statement, appendix B.

           The RFP advised that award would be made to the offeror with the lowest-priced,
           technically acceptable proposal that had received a past performance rating of
           substantial confidence. Id. at 16. If the lowest-priced, technically acceptable
           proposal did not receive a substantial confidence past performance rating, the

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