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B-293754 1 (2004-06-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptapmb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General SIntegrity * Reliability of the United States ~ccountabthty Inert Rea iy 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 been approved for public release. Decision Matter of: Command Enterprises, Inc. File: B-293754 Date: June 7, 2004 Charles F. Merz, Esq., Charles F. Merz & Associates, for the protester. Lynn H. Patton, Esq., Armstrong Allen, for Mow Better Lawn & Landscaping, Inc., an intervenor. Maj. Graeme S. Henderson, Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Charles W. Morrow, Esq., and Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency properly rated protester's past/present performance as merely satisfactory in light of protester's insufficient relevant experience, and the agency reasonably concluded that the risks associated with protester's limited corporate experience were not offset by the individual experience of protester's proposed project manager. DECISION Command Enterprises, Inc. protests the award of a contract to Mow Better Lawn & Landscaping, Inc. d/b/a/ Rushing Technical Services, Inc. (RTS) under request for proposals (RFP) No. F16602-03-R-0005, issued by the Department of the Air Force, for grounds maintenance at Barksdale Air Force Base (AFB), Louisiana. Command challenges the propriety of the Air Force's past performance evaluation and its best value determination. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP at issue here was published on August 11, 2003, seeking proposals to perform various grounds maintenance activities on more than 3,200 acres of improved, semi-improved, and unimproved land at Barksdale Air Force Base (AFB), Louisiana, for a base period and six 1-year option periods. RFP, amend. No. 0001, App. A, at 24. The statement of work (SOW) requires the contractor to perform a variety of grounds maintenance duties, including: mowing, aeration,

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