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B-294767 1 (2004-11-04)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptappm0001 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 Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Carpetmaster File: B-294767 Date: November 4, 2004 Raul Elvins for the protester. Cecillia Chu, Esq., General Services Administration, for the agency. Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging agency's evaluation of protester's experience is denied where the protester failed to adequately demonstrate its experience as required by the request for proposals. DECISION Carpetmaster protests the award of a contract to MC Cova Services, Inc. under request for proposals (RFP) No. GS-09P-04-KSC-0054, issued by the General Services Administration for janitorial, grounds and related services. Carpetmaster challenges the agency's evaluation of its experience references, and further alleges that MC Cova is ineligible to receive the award, which was restricted to small disadvantaged offerors under the Small Business Administration's (SBA) section 8(a) contracting program. We deny the protest. The RFP was a total set-aside for 8(a) businesses and contemplated the award of a fixed-price contract for all management, supervision, labor, materials, supplies, equipment and interpersonal skills necessary to ensure the effective performance of Janitorial and/or Grounds Maintenance and/or Related Services for nine buildings at the United States Border Station in Otay Mesa, California. RFP at 3. Award was to be made to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be the most advantageous to the government. RFP amend. 3, at 79, (a). The two RFP technical evaluation factors, experience and past performance, were, when combined, worth significantly more than price. Id.

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