EMCOR Government Services, Inc. (47PD0321Q0002)

B-419699.4 Dec 15, 2021 Jump To FULL REPORT VIEW DECISION RELATED PAGES GAO CONTACTS Highlights EMCOR Government Services, Inc. (EMCOR), of Arlington, Virginia, protests the establishment of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with South Dade Air Conditioning and Refrigeration dba SDAC (SDAC), of Selma, Alabama, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 47PD0321Q0002, issued by the General Services Administration (GSA), Public Buildings Service, for facilities maintenance services. The protester asserts that the agency unreasonably evaluated the awardee's quotation and also challenges the agency's best-value determination. 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:  EMCOR Government Services, Inc. File:  B-419699.4 Date:  December 15, 2021 Kenneth B. Weckstein, Esq., and Shlomo D. Katz, Esq., Brown Rudnick LLP, for the protester. Robert Notigan, Esq., and Alexis Webster, Esq., General Services Administration, for the agency. Paula A. Williams, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging the agency’s evaluation of the awardee’s prior experience and past performance is denied where the evaluations and source selection decision were reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. DECISION EMCOR Government Services, Inc. (EMCOR), of Arlington, Virginia, protests the establishment of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with South Dade Air Conditioning and Refrigeration dba SDAC (SDAC), of Selma, Alabama, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 47PD0321Q0002, issued by the General Services Administration (GSA), Public Buildings Service, for facilities maintenance services.  The protester asserts that the agency unreasonably evaluated the awardee’s quotation and also challenges the agency’s best-value determination. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFQ was issued on February 16, 2021, on an unrestricted basis, under GSA’s Federal Supply Schedule, Multiple Award Schedule, Facilities-Facilities Maintenance and Repair, in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) section 8.405-3.  RFQ at 3.[1]  The requirement was assigned North American Industry Classification System code 561210, Facilities Support Services, special identification number 561210FAC Facilities Maintenance and Management with a size standard of $41.5 million.  Id.  The RFQ anticipated the establishment of a single fixed-price BPA under the successful vendor’s GSA schedule with a 10-year performance period consisting of a base period of 1 year, nine 1‑year options, and a 6-month option to extend services in accordance with FAR clause 52.217-8.  Id.  In general terms, the solicitation requires the contractor to provide a full range of facilities engineering, operation and maintenance, and related services at nine locations in Mississippi.[2]  The contractor must provide management, supervision, labor, materials, equipment, and supplies and be responsible for the efficient, effective, economical, and satisfactory operation, scheduled and unscheduled maintenance, and repair of equipment and systems at those locations.  RFQ amend. 5, Performance Work Statement (PWS) at 22, 27.[3]   The solicitation provided that award would be made on a best-value tradeoff basis, considering the following factors in descending order of importance:  management plan; prior experience; past performance; and price.  RFQ at 8-9.  The RFQ stated that, when combined, the non-price factors were more important than price.  Id. at 8.  The RFQ provided for a 2-phase evaluation process.  Under phase 1, the agency would evaluate each vendor’s prior experience, past performance, and price.  Vendors with quotations deemed acceptable would be invited to participate in phase 2 by submitting a management plan.[4]  Id. at 9.  As relevant to this protest, for the prior experience factor, the RFQ instructed vendors to submit no more than three contract references performed within the last five years that were similar in size, scope, and complexity to the services being procured under this RFQ.[5]  Id. at 15-16.  For each contract reference, vendors had to complete a prior experience worksheet included in the RFQ (see id. at 20-21) and provide a descriptive narrative for each contract reference to include the type of facility, number and geographical locations of facilities, square footage, type of services provided, and the vendor’s level of responsibility and authority on the project.  Id. at 16.  Evaluation of prior experience will measure the breadth, depth and relevance of a vendor’s prior experience in performing projects similar in size, scope and complexity to the one described in this solicitation.  Id.