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B-299551.5 1 (2008-06-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadbbf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General countabiity Integrity * Reliabilty 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: Robinson's Lawn Services, Inc. File: B-299551.5 Date: June 30, 2008 Kenneth M. Bruntel, Esq., Charlotte E. Gillingham, Esq., and Jon D. Levin, Esq., Crowell & Moring LLP, for the protester. Timothy H. Power, Esq., Timothy H. Power Law Office, for R-CON Construction, Inc., an intervenor. David L. Nimmich, Esq., Naval Facilities Engineering Command, for the agency. Linda C. Glass, Esq., and Ralph 0. White, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that agency's evaluation and source selection decision were flawed is denied where the record shows that both the evaluation and the resulting selection decision were reasonable and consistent with the solicitation's evaluation factors. 2. Agency performed a sufficient price analysis where the awardee's prices under a fixed-price contract were compared to the prices of the other offerors, and to the government estimate, and all prices received were within a narrow range. 3. Protest allegation that the agency conducted misleading discussions by advising the protester that its prices were too low, and then making award at prices very similar to those proposed by the protester before discussions, is denied where the record shows that the agency repeatedly advised both the protester and the awardee that their unit prices for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity portion of this effort were significantly lower than the government's estimate, and seemed unrealistic, and ultimately offered the competitors a final option of either increasing their prices, or providing detailed support for their pricing; when both provided the requested support, the agency reviewed it, and reasonably concluded the offerors had provided an acceptable justification for their prices. DECISION Robinson's Lawn Services, Inc. protests the award of a contract to R-CON Construction, Inc. under request for proposals (RFP) No. N40085-06-R-1 112, issued by the Department of the Navy, for ground maintenance services at the Naval Air

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