CC&C Management Services, LLC

B-417594 Aug 28, 2019 Jump To VIEW DECISION DOWNLOADS RELATED PAGES GAO CONTACTS Highlights CC&C Management Manufacturing Company, Inc. (CC&C Management), a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB), located in Bethesda, Maryland, protests the issuance of a purchase order to B&M Construction, Inc. (B&M), under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 36C25718Q9523, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for furnishing storage, installation and moving services. The protester argues that the agency improperly issued the order to B&M because it did not hold the Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) under which the RFQ was issued. Further, the protester argues that B&M's quotation should have been found to be technically unacceptable. We deny the protest. View Decision DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Decision Matter of:  CC&C Management Services, LLC File:  B-417594 Date:  August 28, 2019 Daniel S. Koch, Esq., and Christopher S. Denny, Esq., Miles & Stockbridge PC, for the protester. Deborah K. Morrell, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Evan C. Williams, Esq., and Amy B. Pereira, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest arguing that agency improperly issued an order under a Federal Supply Schedule that was different from the schedule under which the agency solicited quotations is denied where the record reflects that the agency posted the solicitation to the appropriate schedule on the General Services Administration’s e-Buy system in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation subpart 8.4.  DECISION CC&C Management Manufacturing Company, Inc. (CC&C Management), a service‑disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB), located in Bethesda, Maryland, protests the issuance of a purchase order to B&M Construction, Inc. (B&M), under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 36C25718Q9523, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for furnishing storage, installation and moving services.  The protester argues that the agency improperly issued the order to B&M because it did not hold the Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) under which the RFQ was issued.  Further, the protester argues that B&M’s quotation should have been found to be technically unacceptable. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On June 14, 2018, the agency issued the RFQ through the General Services Administration’s (GSA) e-Buy system, to vendors holding GSA FSS contracts under Schedule 48, Special Item Number (SIN) 653-8, Office Relocation Services, with quotations due July 3, 2018.[1]  Agency Report (AR), Tab 3, RFQ and GSA Posting, at 1‑3.  On June 18, a representative from GSA notified the contracting officer that GSA FSS schedule number 48 was set to expire on June 30, 2018.  Contracting Officer’s Statement (COS) at 1.  As a result, the agency cancelled the RFQ on June 20.  Id. at 1‑2.  On June 20, the agency re-issued the RFQ via the GSA e-Buy system, as a SDVOSB set-aside, using the FSS procedures of FAR § 8.405-2.  AR, Tab 20, GSA Screenshot of RFQ Posting at 1.  The agency posted the RFQ on e‑Buy under the following two GSA FSS schedules:  (1) 71 II K, Comprehensive Furniture Management Services, SIN 712 3, Relocation/Reconfiguration Management Solutions (“Schedule 71 II K”); (2) 00CORP, Professional Services Schedule, Logistics Worldwide Services, SIN 874 503, Distribution and Transportation Logistics Services (“Schedule 00CORP”). Id. at 1-2; AR, Tab 14, E-mail from GSA to Agency, April 17, 2019 (4:00 p.m.). The RFQ contemplated the issuance of a fixed-price order for furnishing storage, installation and moving services for VA facilities located in the Dallas, Texas, area for a base year and three 1-year option periods.[2]  RFQ at 14-15, 18-19.  Award of the order was to be made using a best-value tradeoff selection process, considering the following factors:  past performance, technical, and price.  Id. at 58-60. The RFQ’s statement of work (SOW) contained a list of services the contractor was to provide during performance.  Id. at 14-18.  As relevant to this protest, the SOW stated:  “The contractor shall provide a storage facility that is 100,000 Sq[uare] F[ee]t and within 45 minutes from the Dallas VA Medical Center.”  Id. at 16. The agency received two quotations prior to the July 9 closing date; one from CC&C Management under Schedule 00CORP, and one from B&M under Schedule 71 II K.  COS at 2.  On April 3, 2019, the agency issued a purchase order under the RFQ to B&M valued at $8,425,094.[3]  Id.