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B-422827 Nov 20, 2024 1 (2024-11-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaorel0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Gs AOU.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. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: The Victor Group, Inc. File: B-422827 Date: November 20,2024 Johnathan M. Bailey, Esq., Kristin E. Zachman, Esq., and Rachel Moreau-Davila, Esq., Cokinos Young, for the protester. Adam Lasky, Esq., Erica Bakies, Esq., Sarah Barney, Esq., and Edward Arnold, Esq., Seyfarth Shaw LLP, for TLS, Joint Venture, LLC, the intervenor. Colby L. Sullins, Esq., and Jesse T. Greene, Esq., Defense Health Agency, for the agency. Mark Hagedorn, Esq., Tanner Hatch, Esq., and Meagan Guerzon, Esq., Small Business Administrtion, for the agency. Mary G. Curcio, Esq., and John Sorrenti, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Agency correctly evaluated past performance of small business joint venture that was in a mentor-prot6g6 relationship in accordance with 13 C.F.R. §125.8(e), rather than 13 C.F.R. §125.11, which applies when an individual small business is attempting to use its past performance as a member of a former joint venture. 2. Agency conducted reasonable price and past performance tradeoff where contracting officer was aware of the advantages of the awardee's past performance and considered both past performance and price in accordance with the solicitation. DECISION The Victor Group, Inc., of San Antonio, Texas, protests the issuance of a task order to TLS, Joint Venture, LLC (TLSJV), of Grovetown, Georgia, under task order proposal request (TOPR) No. HT940823R00030002, issued by the Department of Defense (DOD), Defense Health Agency, for healthcare environmental cleaning (HEC) at Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii. The Victor Group asserts that the agency failed to reasonably evaluate TLSJV's past performance and performed an unreasonable best-value tradeoff. We deny the protest.

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