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B-403382 1 (2010-10-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadbor0001 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: Carothers Construction, Inc. File: B-403382 Date: October 28, 2010 Thomas E. Abernathy IV, Esq., and Doug P. Hibshman, Esq., Smith Currie & Hancock LLP, for the protester. Heather M. Self, Esq., Department of Agriculture, for the agency. Jonathan D. Shaffer, Esq., and Mary Pat Buckenmeyer, Esq., Smith Pachter McWhorter PLC, for Hoar Construction, LLC, an intervenor. Matthew T. Crosby, Esq., and Sharon L. Larkin, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency failed to reasonably evaluate the protester's proposal under experience, staffing plan, and schedule subfactors, and under the small disadvantaged business participation program factor, is denied where the agency's evaluation judgments are consistent with the terms of the solicitation, supported by the record, and reasonable. DECISION Carothers Construction, Inc., of Taylor, Mississippi, protests the award of a contract to Hoar Construction, LLC, of Birmingham, Alabama, under request for proposals (RFP) No. AG-3K15-S-10-0008, issued by the Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, for renovation of the Jamie Whitten Delta States Research Center (JWDSRC) building in Stoneville, Mississippi. Carothers asserts that the agency improperly evaluated the relevant project experience, staffing plan, schedule, and small disadvantaged business (SDB) participation program elements of the firm's proposal. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The JWDSRC conducts research to address agricultural problems of the mid-south region of the United States. Agency Report (AR), Tab 17, Memorandum of Award, at 1. The JWDSRC consists of nine research units with scientists conducting basic

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