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B-415809 1 (2018-03-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadumv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAOU.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States Decision Matter of: Armstrong Elevator Company File: B-415809 Date: March 28, 2018 Roy Armstrong, for the protester. Claire Watkins, Esq., General Services Administration, for the agency. Lois Hanshaw, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging the terms of a solicitation for elevator and escalator modernization as unduly restrictive of competition is denied where the agency demonstrates a reasonable basis for the required approach. DECISION Armstrong Elevator Company (Armstrong), a small business of Largo, Florida, protests the terms of request for proposals (RFP) No. 47PM0218R0001, issued by the General Services Administration (GSA) for elevator and escalator modernization and maintenance at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) headquarters building in Washington, D.C. Armstrong contends that aspects of the RFP are unduly restrictive of competition and defective. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND GSA issued the RFP on November 21, 2017, on an unrestricted basis.' Exh. A, Contracting Officer's Statement, at 3; AR, Tab 10, RFP at 15. The statement of work 1 Prior to the release of the solicitation, GSA issued a sources-sought notice to small business concerns to ascertain their capability to perform the requirement. Agency Report (AR), Tab 2, Sources Sought, at 1. Armstrong submitted a capability statement in response to the notice. AR, Tab 3, Market Analysis, at 1. Based on the responses received, the agency concluded that none of the small businesses met the requirements (continued...)