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B-412937.2 1 (2016-07-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadsim0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountabilty * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Advance Business Solutions File: B-412937.2 Date: July 7, 2016 Ron Ealey, Advance Business Solutions. Evan C. Williams, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency. Gary R. Allen, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging an agency's evaluation of the protester's proposal as technically unacceptable is denied where the record shows that the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation's terms. DECISION Advance Business Solutions (ABS), of New Orleans, Louisiana, protests the evaluation of its proposal under request for proposals (RFP) No. W91151-14-R- 0042, issued by the Department of the Army for grounds maintenance services. ABS challenges the Army's evaluation of its staffing approach as unacceptable. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP was issued on April 7, 2015, as a set-aside for service-disabled veteran- owned small business concerns, under the commercial item provisions of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12, and source selection provisions of FAR subpart 15.3. RFP at 80.1 The solicitation sought grounds maintenance services at Fort Hood, Texas, for a base year and four 1-year options. Id. at 25. 1 Citations herein are to a conformed version of the RFP provided by the agency.