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B-311000.2,B-311000.3,B-311000.4 1 (2008-11-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadauz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General 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: Blackwater Lodge and Training Center, Inc. File: B-311000.2; B-311000.3; B-311000.4 Date: November 10, 2008 Robert E. Korroch, Esq., and Francis E. Purcell, Esq., Williams Mullen, for the protester. William W. Goodrich, Esq., Lisa K. Miller, Esq., and Kavitha Babu, Esq., Arent Fox, LLP, for Automation Precision Technology, Inc., an intervenor. Sharon H. Sachs, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Mary G. Curcio, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that agency's assigning protester's and awardee's technical proposals same evaluation rating was unreasonable where protester, but not awardee, offered to provide all training at its own facility within desired driving distance is denied, where protester's proposal was credited with strength on this basis, and evaluation rating was not based solely on ownership and location of facility. 2. Protest that agency's evaluation unreasonably failed to take into account alleged safety concerns arising in connection with awardee's performance under prior contracts is denied where agency was aware of and considered safety concerns, but determined that awardee had adequately addressed the concerns during performance of the contracts. DECISION Blackwater Lodge and Training Center, Inc., of Moyock, North Carolina, protests the award of a contract to Automation Precision Technology, Inc. (APT), of Norfolk, Virginia, under request for proposals (RFP) No. N61339-07-R-0039, issued by the Department of the Navy for a contractor to provide a training program for small arms live fire. Blackwater argues that the agency improperly evaluated APT's technical capability and past performance. We deny the protest.

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