Bella Vista Landscaping, Inc. protests the award of a contract to Maintenance Engineers, Inc. (MEI) under request for proposals (RFP) No. F05611-010-R-0325, issued as a small business set-aside by the Department of the Air Force for grounds maintenance and landscaping services at the United States Air Force Academy. Bella Vista, the incumbent grounds maintenance contractor at the Academy, contend...

Lower-priced proposal in commercial services procurement for grounds maintenance services is denied where record shows evaluation and source selection were reasonable and consistent with evaluation scheme in which price and performance risk were considered approximately equal in importance. Agency was neither required to give additional evaluation credit to protester for its performance as incumbe...