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B-417984 1 (2019-12-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaeazd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to Decision a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: Quality Control International, LLC File: B-417984 Date: December 20, 2019 David A. Rose, Esq., Law Offices of Rose Consulting, LLC, for the protester. Kristin E. Zachman, Esq., and Johnathan M. Bailey, Esq., Bailey & Bailey, PC, for Phoenix Management, Inc., the intervenor. Robert W. Schlattman, Esq., General Services Administration, for the agency. Evan C. Williams, Esq., and Amy B. Pereira, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency misled and coerced protester to increase its price is denied where record shows the agency accurately and in good faith, expressed its concern related to the realism of the protester's proposed price, and that the protester exercised its own business judgment in raising its prices. DECISION Quality Control International, LLC (QCI), a small business of Federal Heights, Colorado, protests the General Service Administration (GSA), Public Buildings Service's award of a contract to Phoenix Management Inc., of Austin, Texas, under request for proposals (RFP) No. 47PJ0018R0027, for facilities maintenance services. QCI challenges the agency's conduct of discussions, and the source selection decision. BACKGROUND On May 1, 2018, the agency issued the RFP, as a small business set-aside, pursuant to the procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation parts 12 and 15. Agency Report (AR), Tab 1, RFP at 1. The RFP sought proposals to provide maintenance services for multiple GSA facilities in Montana. RFP at 3. Under the solicitation, services were to include mechanical maintenance, custodial services, grounds maintenance, snow removal, and pest control services. Id. at 3, 21. The RFP contemplated the award of a fixed price contract--to include an indefinite delivery component--with a base period of one year and four option years. Id.

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