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B-422123 Dec 28, 2023 1 (2023-12-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaoprh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G '; U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 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. The entire decision has been approved for public release. Matter of: Armstrong Elevator Company File: B-422123 Date: December 28, 2023 Edward J. Tolchin, Esq., Offit Kurman, P.A., for the protester. Matthew T. Schoonover, Esq., Matthew P. Moriarty, Esq., John M. Mattox II, Esq., Ian P. Patterson, Esq., and Timothy J. Laughlin, Esq., Schoonover & Moriarty LLC, for Elevated Technologies, Inc., the intervenor. Brian R. Reed, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Michelle Litteken, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that the agency unreasonably evaluated the protester's past performance is denied where the record shows the agency's evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. DECISION Armstrong Elevator Company, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) of Largo, Florida, protests the award of a contract to Elevated Technologies, Inc., an SDVOSB of Charleston, South Carolina, under request for proposals (RFP) No. 36C25623R0094, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), to replace the cart transport elevators in a hospital building in Houston, Texas. Armstrong challenges the agency's evaluation of its proposal under the past performance factor. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The agency issued the RFP on June 23, 2023, as a set-aside procurement for SDVOSB concerns, seeking a contractor to replace the cart transport elevators, including the controls and machines, in the main hospital building at the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Houston, Texas. Agency Report (AR), Exh. 2, RFP at 1. The elevators are used to deliver food to patients and sterile surgery equipment directly to operating rooms. AR, Exh. 1, Contracting Officer's Statement (COS) at 1.

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