About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline
LOG IN
LOG IN

B-422670 Sep 25, 2024 1 (2024-09-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaoqwn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States Decision Matter of: Wilson 5 Service Company, Inc. File: B-422670 Date: September 25, 2024 James S. DelSordo, Apollo Contract Management, for the protester. Alexander J. Falciani, Esq., General Services Administration, for the agency. Janis R. Millete, Esq., and John Sorrenti, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that the solicitation is unduly restrictive of competition where the solicitation provides that the agency will automatically assess an unfavorable aspect to a quotation if a vendor's prior experience examples do not meet certain criteria is sustained where the agency has not provided a reasonable basis or explanation for why vendors will be penalized if their prior experience does not meet these criteria. 2. Protest that the solicitation's two-phase evaluation scheme limits competition where the most important evaluation factor is not considered until phase two is denied where the agency reasonably explained why the two-phase scheme is necessary to meet its needs. DECISION Wilson 5 Service Company, Inc. (Wilson 5), a small business of Kittery, Maine protests the terms of request for quotations (RFQ) No. 47PN0424Q0003, issued by the General Services Administration (GSA), Public Buildings Service for complete facilities maintenance at 17 locations throughout the state of Georgia. The protester asserts that the solicitation is unduly restrictive of competition where it provides that quotations will be viewed as having an unfavorable aspect if they do not demonstrate prior experience at multiple facilities under one contract or performance of similar services where there is a geographical distance of 200 miles between at least two facilities. The protester also alleges that the solicitation's evaluation scheme limits competition because the most important evaluation factor, management plan, is not evaluated until the second phase. We sustain the protest in part and deny it in part.

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Contact us for annual subscription options:

Contact Us

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

Log In

profiles profiles most