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B-276066 1 (1997-05-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptafxf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: B & K Enterprises File: B-276066 Date: May 7, 1997 Timothy H. Power, Esq., for the protester. Philip K Kauffman, Esq., Merilee D. Rosenberg, Esq., and Phillipa L. Anderson, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. C. Douglas McArthur, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Under solicitation for janitorial services at an outpatient clinic which contained no provision for considering hospital-specific experience (as opposed to the offeror's general history of compliance with specifications and delivery schedules), protest that agency should have given extra credit during proposal evaluation for hospital-specific experience is without merit. 2. Under solicitation for janitorial services, protester's contention that allowing the awardee to substitute the protester's janitorial personnel for the personnel identified in the awardee's proposal presents no basis for concluding that the substitution of personnel constitutes an improper bait and switch where there was no limitation on substitution of personnel in the solicitation and there is no basis to conclude that the qualifications of the proposed personnel influenced the evaluation such that allowing the substitution would compromise the validity of the technical evaluation. DECISION B & K Enterprises protests the award of a contract to P. E. Hoover Enterprises, Inc. under solicitation No. 544-001-97, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for janitorial services. The protester asserts that the agency did not evaluate proposals in accordance with the criteria listed in the solicitation. We deny the protest. On September 13, 1996, the agency issued the solicitation for a firm, fixed-price contract for a base year, with two 1-year option periods, to furnish all personnel and materials necessary to provide janitorial service at its outpatient clinic in Greenville, South Carolina. The solicitation incorporated by reference the clause at Federal Acquisition Regulation § 52.215-16, providing for award based on the offer

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