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B-401633 1 (2009-10-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadbah0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Ii .L A GA O Comptroller General f. A Accountabity * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 D .. Decision Matter of: Mike Kesler Enterprises File: B-401633 Date: October 23, 2009 Mike Kesler for the protester. Adam J. Hermann, Esq., Department of Agriculture, for the agency. Katherine I. Riback, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency reasonably determined that protester's proposal for road reconditioning work did not provide sufficient detail regarding the accomplishment of the work and was therefore technically unacceptable. DECISION Mike Kesler Enterprises of Darlington, Idaho protests the award of a contract to Cook & Sons Construction, of White Bird, Idaho, under request for proposals (RFP) No. AG-0295-S-09-0016, issued by the Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, for the Crooked River Road surfacing project in the Nez Perce National Forest in Idaho. The protester argues that its proposal was unreasonably rejected as technically unacceptable. We deny the protest. The RFP, issued as a Small Business Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) set-aside, contemplated the award of a fixed-price contract for road reconditioning, removal and reinstallation of open top cross drains, and supply and replacement of material and aggregate on approximately 6 miles of Crooked River Road. The RFP stated that award would be made to that offeror (1) whose proposal is technically acceptable and (2) whose technical/cost relationship is the most advantageous to the Government. RFP at 101. The equally weighted technical factors were past performance, production schedule, and experience and qualifications. RFP at 100-01. Offerors were advised that the content of their

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