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B-291721,B-291721.3 1 (2003-03-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacyhi0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I G A 0Comptroller General A- Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States General Accounting Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Washington, DC 20548 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: Alpha Marine Services, LLC File: B-291721; B-291721.3 Date: March 5, 2003 0. Kevin Vincent, Esq., Baker Botts, for the protester. Michael A. Hopkins, Esq., McKenna Long & Aldridge, for Admiral Towing and Barge Company, an intervenor. David G. Ranowsky, Esq., and George N. Brezna, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Louis A. Chiarella, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protester's interpretation of solicitation provision as requiring agency to make award based on lowest overall cost (to be determined by application of various cost-related factors not specified in the solicitation) is unreasonable when the solicitation is read as a whole and in a manner giving effect to all of its provisions; the only reasonable interpretation is that award would be made to the offeror with the lowest overall price proposed, calculated using only those factors set out in the solicitation. 2. Protest that awardee's proposal for tugboat services should have been found technically unacceptable in various areas is denied where the record shows that the agency reasonably concluded that the proposal demonstrated that the tugboats to be used to perform the services would comply with the technical requirements in the solicitation and protest essentially reflects disagreement with the agency's judgment. DECISION Alpha Marine Services, LLC (AMS) protests the award of a contract to Admiral Towing and Barge Company under request for proposals (RFP) No. N00033-02-R- 1022, issued by the Military Sealift Command (MSC), Department of the Navy, for tugboat services. AMS challenges the agency's evaluation of proposals. We deny the protests.

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