Service Connected, Inc.

B-416324 Jun 11, 2018 Jump To VIEW DECISION DOWNLOADS RELATED PAGES GAO CONTACTS Highlights Service Connected, Inc., of Bakersfield, California, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB), protests the establishment of blanket purchase agreements (BPAs) with All Site Services, LLC, of Bakersfield, California, a woman-owned small business (WOSB) and Sierra Site Services, LLC, a small business, of Ivanhoe, California, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 129J6118Q7004, which was issued by the Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, for services providing portable toilets and sinks. The protester argues that the solicitation should have included a price evaluation preference for SDVOSB firms, the agency failed to reasonably evaluate the awardees' ability to perform the work, the agency unreasonably evaluated proposed prices in connection with this procurement and other prior procurements, and the agency improperly terminated a BPA previously awarded to the protester. We dismiss the protest. We dismiss the protest. View Decision Decision Matter of:  Service Connected, Inc. File:  B-416324 Date:  June 11, 2018 Joshua Fine, for the protester. Azine Farzami, Esq., Department of Agriculture, for the agency. Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., and Laura Eyester, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1.  Protester that was awarded a multiple-award blanket purchase agreement (BPA) is an interested party to challenge the award of BPAs to other vendors where the terms of the solicitation provided for a ranking of awardees for purposes of placing orders; the protester’s eligibility for the issuance of task orders was therefore affected by its ranking as compared to other awardees. 2.  Protest that a solicitation should have included an evaluation preference for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses is dismissed as untimely where the protest was filed after the time for receipt of initial quotations. 3.  Protest challenging the evaluation of other awardees is dismissed where the solicitation did not require the agency to consider the issues raised by the protester, and where challenges regarding the small business status of awardees is a matter for review by the Small Business Administration. 4.  Protester’s arguments that it is entitled to compensation in connection with prior BPAs, and that termination of a prior BPA was improper, are matters of contract administration that our Office does not review. DECISION Service Connected, Inc., of Bakersfield, California, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB), protests the establishment of blanket purchase agreements (BPAs) with All Site Services, LLC, of Bakersfield, California, a woman-owned small business (WOSB) and Sierra Site Services, LLC, a small business, of Ivanhoe, California, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 129J6118Q7004, which was issued by the Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, for services providing portable toilets and sinks.  The protester argues that the solicitation should have included a price evaluation preference for SDVOSB firms, the agency failed to reasonably evaluate the awardees’ ability to perform the work, the agency unreasonably evaluated proposed prices in connection with this procurement and other prior procurements, and the agency improperly terminated a BPA previously awarded to the protester. We dismiss the protest. BACKGROUND The solicitation was issued on January 19, 2018, and sought quotations to provide and maintain portable toilets and handwashing stations in California, Hawaii, and the U.S. Pacific Islands.  RFQ at 1, 52.[1]  The solicitation was set aside for small businesses.[2]  Id. at 1, 6.  The RFQ provided for the establishment of multiple BPAs, with an ordering period of three years.  Id. at 4, 14, 17-18.  The solicitation advised vendors that the agency would evaluate quotations based on the following factors:  (1) acceptability of proposed equipment, (2) price reasonableness, and (3) past performance risk.  Id. at 5.  The RFQ stated that the agency would award BPAs to a “sufficient number” of “responsible quoters whose quotes conforming to the solicitation will be advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered.”  Id.  Proposals were due on February 23, 2018.  Id. at 1.  As relevant here, the RFQ stated that the agency would establish a dispatch priority for each requirement, whereby BPA holders would be ranked by price for purposes of placing orders.  Id. at 5, 22.  Orders will be placed with the vendors with the highest dispatch priority ranking for a particular requirement; if that vendor is not able to complete the order, the next-ranked vendor is eligible for issuance of the order; this process continues until a BPA holder accepts the order.  Id.