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B-418522 1 (2020-06-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaebfo0001 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: Trademasters Service, Inc. File: B-418522 Date: June 3, 2020 Timothy F. Valley, Esq., Jason A. Blindauer, Esq., and Meghan F. Leemon, Esq., Piliero Mazza PLLC, for the protester. John Klein, Esq., and Mark Hagedorn, Esq., Small Business Administration; and Robert Notigan, Esq., General Services Administration, for the agencies. Robert T. Wu, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that the agency engaged in improper acquisition planning is denied where the record shows that the agency's planning was reasonable and in accordance with relevant regulatory requirements. 2. Protest that the agency failed to obtain concurrence from the Small Business Administration to release requirement from the 8(a) program is dismissed because the protester is not an interested party to protest the agency's action. 3. Protest that the solicitation deprives vendors of the ability to compete intelligently and fairly is denied where the record shows that the solicitation is drafted in a fashion that enables vendors to intelligently prepare their proposals and sufficiently free from ambiguity so that vendors may compete on a common basis. DECISION Trademasters Service, Inc., of Lorton, Virginia, protests the terms of request for quotation (RFQ) No. 47PD0120Q0003, issued by the General Services Administration (GSA), Public Buildings Service, for facilities maintenance services. Trademasters argues that the agency engaged in improper acquisition planning, and challenges various aspects of the solicitation. We deny the protest.

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