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B-407124 1 (2012-11-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadpdh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ' G A O Comptroller General r Accountablity * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Alares, LLC File: B-407124 Date: November 7, 2012 Donald Maggioli for the protester. Jeanne S. Morris, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Pedro E. Briones, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest of agency's evaluation of protester's proposal is denied where the proposal failed to address compliance with infection control procedures and provide a construction safety plan, as required by the solicitation, and agency was not required to infer or piece together such information from the protester's past performance information. DECISION Alares, LLC, of Quincy, Massachusetts, protests the award of a contract to Ironclad Services, Inc., of Springfield, Massachusetts, under request for proposals (RFP) No. VA241-12-R-0714, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for replacement of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) units. Alares challenges the agency's evaluation of its proposal. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP, issued as a set-aside for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, provided for the award of a fixed-price contract to replace two HVAC units at the VA Medical Center (VAMC) in Providence, Rhode Island. RFP at 1, 15. Offerors were informed that award would be made, without conducting discussions, on a best-value basis considering the following factors: management approach, past performance, and price. Id. at 16. The management approach and past performance evaluation factors, when combined, were significantly more important than price. Id. The RFP identified the following five, equally-weighted subfactors