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B-422729.2 Dec 23, 2024 1 (2024-12-23)

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                    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. This redacted version has
                                           been approved for public release.


Matter of:   Logan Currito, LLC

File:        B-422729.2

Date:     December 23, 2024

Jonathan D. Shaffer, Esq., and John Tanner, Esq., Haynes and Boone, LLP, for the
protester.
Krishon Gill-Edmond, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency.
Samantha  S. Lee, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protester's challenge to the agency's technical and past performance evaluations are
denied where the record shows that the evaluations were reasonable and consistent
with the terms of the solicitation.
DECISION

Logan  Currito LLC, an economically disadvantaged, minority, and service-disabled
veteran-owned small business of Woburn, Massachusetts, protests the award of a
contract to Yellowstone Enterprises, LLC, an economically disadvantaged, service-
disabled veteran-owned small business of Billings, Montana, under request for
proposals (RFP) No. 36C78624R50078,   issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs
(VA) for grounds maintenance services at the Nashville National Cemetery. The
protester challenges the agency's evaluation of proposals and resulting best-value
tradeoff source selection decision.

We  deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

The agency  issued the RFP on March 22, 2024, as a combined synopsis/solicitation in
accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) part 12, in conjunction with the
simplified acquisition procedures prescribed in FAR part 13. Agency Report (AR),

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