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B-418697 1 (2020-07-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaebkp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States Decision Matter of: Al-Shahba General Contracting Establishment File: B-418697 Date: July 27, 2020 Ahmed Jalaluddine Hamade, and Daygrace Salunga, Al-Shahba General Contracting Establishment, for the protester. Alexis J. Bernstein, Esq., Kyle Gilbertson, Esq., April Guevarra, Esq., and Erika Whelan Retta, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Christine Milne, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of the protester's past performance is denied where the record shows that the agency's evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. DECISION Al-Shahba General Contracting Establishment (ASGENCO), of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE), protests the award of a contract to RTC Facilities Management Services, LLC, of Dubai, UAE, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. FA5706-20-R- 0007, issued by the Department of the Air Force for custodial services at Al Dhafra Air Base, UAE. ASGENCO primarily argues that the agency unreasonably evaluated its past performance. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFQ, issued on March 9, 2020, contemplated the award of a fixed-price contract to provide all management, tools, equipment, and labor necessary to provide custodial services at Al Dhafra Air Base for a 1-year base period and up to four 1-year option periods, with an additional 6-month extension option. Agency Report (AR), exh. 3, RFQ at 3-7; 73. The RFQ was issued in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) parts 12 and 13, as a competitive past performance tradeoff acquisition considering three factors: past performance, technical, and price. Id. at 73. When