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,G A O Comptroller General
LXn , 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 redacted version has been
approved for public release.
Decision
Matter of: SEI Group, Inc.
File: B-400829
Date: February 13, 2009
Charles T. Frew, Esq., for the protester.
Steven W. Feldman, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency.
John L. Formica, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General
Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
Agency's evaluation of a firm's past performance provided in its qualifications
statement submitted in response to a synopsis for architect/engineer services is
unobjectionable, where the evaluation was reasonable and conducted in accordance
with the evaluation factors set forth in the synopsis.
DECISION
SEI Group, Inc., of Huntsville, Alabama, protests the evaluation and subsequent
nonselection of its qualification statement for negotiation of an architect/engineering
(A/E) services contract, pursuant to solicitation No. W912DY08R0002, issued by the
United States Army Corps of Engineers, Huntsville, Alabama, to support the Range
and Training Land program. SEI argues that the agency's evaluation of its past
performance information was unreasonable and not in accordance with the terms of
the solicitation.
We deny the protest.
This A/E procurement was conducted pursuant to the Brooks Act, 40 U.S.C.
§§ 1101-1104 (Supp. V 2005) and its implementing regulations, Federal Acquisition
Regulation (FAR) subpart 36.6. In accordance with those regulations, on
November 27, 2007, the agency synopsized its requirements on the Federal Business
Opportunities website, announcing its intent to negotiate and award
[a]pproximately three indefinite delivery contracts. AR, Tab 1, Synopsis, at 1. The
synopsis invited interested firms to submit a completed standard form 330 (A/E
qualifications statement) detailing their qualifications to provide the A/E services.
Firms were advised that their qualifications would be evaluated under the following
four primary factors, listed in descending order of importance: specialized](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobadaue0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)