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B-400342 1 (2008-10-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadaqr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I G A 0Comptroller General L LA Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This version has been approved for public release. Decision Matter of: Burchick Construction Company File: B-400342 Date: October 6, 2008 D. Matthew Jameson III, Esq., Peter H. Schnore, Esq., and Patrick R. Malone, Esq., Babst Calland Clements Zomnir, P.C., for the protester. David A. Levine, Esq., Blumling & Gusky, LLP, for Massaro Corporation, the intervenor. Kenneth MacKenzie, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Peter D. Verchinski, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency failed to conduct meaningful discussions in a negotiated procurement, where discussions conducted with offerors were limited to cost proposals and did not identify significant weaknesses or deficiencies that the agency had identified in the protester's technical proposal. DECISION Burchick Construction Company protests the award of a contract to Massaro Corporation under request for proposals (RFP) No. VA-101-07-RP-0043, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for the construction of an ambulatory care center and related work. Burchick challenges VA's evaluation of the firm's technical proposal, conduct of discussions, and source selection decision. We sustain the protest. The RFP provided for the award of a fixed-price contract for the construction of a new ambulatory care center and associated support systems and for minor demolition work at the VA Pittsburgh Health Care System, H. J. Heinz Division, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Award was to be made on a best value basis, considering price and the following four technical evaluation factors (listed in descending order of importance): past performance, construction management, schedule, and small

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