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B-294359 1 (2004-11-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptapoi0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General SIntegrity Reliability of the United States ~ccountabthty Inert Rea iy United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: American Guard Services, Inc. File: B-294359 Date: November 1, 2004 Sherif Assal for the protester. G. Thomas Carter, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, for the agency. Katherine I. Riback, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest complaining that the protester's past performance should have received higher than an acceptable rating and that the awardee's acceptable past performance rating was unreasonable is denied where the solicitation only provided for a pass/fail evaluation of past performance and the record supports the agency's judgment that both firms had acceptable past performance. DECISION American Guard Services, Inc. (AGS) protests the award of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) by the Department of Homeland Security to Securitas Security Guard Services, Inc., under that firm's Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contract, pursuant to request for quotations (RFQ) No. HS-FPS-04-XPC-0014 for guard services in federal buildings in Alaska. AGS challenges the evaluation of its and the awardee's past performance. We deny the protest. The RFQ, issued on April 20, 2004, provided for the award of a BPA for a two-month base period and four option years. A detailed statement of work was provided that described the services to be provided, and the solicitation identified estimated total labor hours for regular armed guard services and supervisory services. Vendors were required to provide fixed-hourly-labor rates based upon these estimates.! 'The RFQ required that the vendors' quoted fixed-hourly-rates include all direct and indirect costs and profit. RFQ at 8.