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B-404336 1 (2011-01-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadbqy0001 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: Herve Cody Contractor, Inc. File: B-404336 Date: January 26, 2011 Curtis L. Brown, Esq., and Robert A. Crabill, Esq., Wright, Fulford, Moorhead & Brown, P.A., for the protester. Brian P. Nutter, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency. Ashley G. Alley, Esq., Pedro E. Briones, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST An agency reasonably evaluated the protester's corporate experience as unacceptable where the solicitation required three projects of similar scope to the solicited work and only two of the protester's projects were found to be of similar scope. DECISION Herve Cody Contractor, Inc., of Robbinsville, North Carolina, protests the award of a contract to Ashridge, Inc., of Louisville, Kentucky, under request for proposals (RFP) No. W912HN-10-R-0041, issued by the Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, to replace spillways on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. The protester challenges the agency's evaluation of its corporate experience. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP, issued on July 27, 2010, sought proposals for the replacement of 24 spillway systems and appurtenant items, including the excavation and backfill of existing dikes, on a section of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway in Charlestown County, South Carolina. See RFP, Statement of Work (SOW), at 6. Offerors were informed that a fixed-price contract would be awarded to the offeror with the lowest-priced, technically acceptable proposal. Id. at 9. In addition to price, the RFP identified the following two evaluation factors: past performance and corporate relevant specialized experience. Id. at 8.

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