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B-418546.6 Aug 26, 2021 1 (2021-08-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaomcl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 1O o U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE A Century of Non-Partisan Fact-Based Work 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 version has been approved for public release. Matter of: J's Associates, LLC File: B-418546.6 Date: August 26, 2021 Robert Nichols, Esq., and Andrew Victor, Esq., Nichols Liu LLP, for the protester. Alexis N. Webster, Esq., and Robert Notigan, Esq., General Services Administration, for the agency. Michael Willems, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest alleging agency erred in its evaluation of the protester's and awardee's quotations is denied where protester's quotation took exception to several material solicitation requirements, rendering the quotation ineligible for award. DECISION J's Associates, a woman-owned small business of Dunkirk, Maryland, protests the issuance of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) to Northern Management Services (NMS), a small business of Sandpoint, Idaho, under request for quotations No. 47PD0120Q0001 pursuant to the General Services Administration's (GSA) Federal Supply Schedule 03FAC, Facilities Maintenance and Management, by the GSA for facility operation and maintenance. The protester alleges the agency misevaluated its quotation and the awardee's quotation, and erred in its best-value tradeoff decision. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The agency issued the RFQ on November 27, 2019, seeking operation, maintenance, and related services for the GSA Regional Office Building in Washington, D.C. Contracting Officer's Statement (COS) at 1-3. The RFQ contemplated the award of a single BPA with a 1-year base period and nine 1-year option periods. Agency Report (AR), exh. 2B, RFQ at 4. The RFQ provided for award on the basis of a best-value tradeoff considering the following evaluation factors: (1) management plan, (2) prior experience, (3) past performance, and (4) price. Id. at 8-9.

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