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B-277658 1 (1997-11-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptagda0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: UNICCO Government Services, Inc. File: B-277658 Date: November 7, 1997 Michael P. Morizio, Esq., Friedman & Atherton, for the protester. Michael A. Gordon, Esq., Holmes, Schwartz & Gordon, for Meridian Management Corporation, an intervenor. Seth Binstock, Esq., U.S. Social Security Administration, for the agency. Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. In a negotiated procurement for facility management services, the awardee's good performance reports for facility management at an extremely similar federal building reasonably led the agency to assign it a high rating in the level of confidence assessment; the protester's mere disagreement with an agency's evaluation of the awardee's experience and past performance does not demonstrate that the agency's evaluation was unreasonable. 2. An agency's site visit to a facility/building identified by the awardee as an experience/past performance reference does not constitute discussions where no information was obtained from the awardee that was essential for determining the acceptability of the awardee's offer or that modified or revised the awardee's proposal; information received by the agency from other government personnel during the site visit does not constitute discussions. DECISION UNICCO Government Services, Inc. protests the award of a contract to Meridian Management Corporation under request for proposals (RFP) No. SSA-RFP-97-2660, issued by the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) for consolidated facility management services at the Harold Washington Social Security Center (HWSSC) in Chicago, Illinois. UNICCO challenges the SSA's evaluation of Meridian's and UNICCO's proposals and failure to conduct discussions with UNICCO. We deny the protest. The RFP provided for the award of a fixed-price, requirements contract for consolidated facilities management services at the HWSSC building for a base with 4 option years. These services include mechanical equipment operation and

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