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B-404618.2 1 (2012-04-04)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadosl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AL G A O0 Comptroller General 21N Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Al Procurement, JVG--Costs File: B-404618.2 Date: April 4, 2012 Derrick Storms, Esq., for the protester. Tracy Downing, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Paula J. Haurilesko, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Where GAO has recommended the reimbursement of protest costs, the appropriate rate for reimbursement of time incurred pursuing the protest by the protester's chief executive officer (CEO), who is also an attorney, should be based upon the CEO's salary and not a billing rate for outside legal counsel. DECISION Al Procurement, JVG, of Miami, Florida, requests that our Office determine the rate at which the protester can be reimbursed for the time incurred by the protester's chief executive officer (CEO), Mr. Storms, who is also an attorney, in pursuing its protest in Al Procurement, JVG, B-404618, Mar. 14, 2011, 2011 CPD T 53. With respect to the underlying protest, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) issued request for proposals (RFP) No. VA-786-10-RP-0329 as a set-aside for service-disabled, veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) concerns for ground maintenance services at the Golden Gate National Cemetery in San Bruno, California. Al Procurement, JVG, a joint venture between Al Procurement, LLC, and Greencarpet Landscaping & Maintenance, Inc., submitted a proposal. The VA rejected the joint venture's proposal because its proposed price was significantly below the government cost estimate and the prices of the other offerors.