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B-404642 1 (2011-03-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadbtf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: JiL AL A , G A O Comptroller General Acc untabiity * 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. D e c is io n ........................................................... Matter of: Andritz Hydro Corp. File: B-404642 Date: March 21, 2011 R. Lee Mann III, Esq., and Daniel B. Swaja, Esq., Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, for the protester. James M. Pakiz, Esq., and Thomas J. Morrissey, Esq., Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, for the agency. Susan K. McAuliffe, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging agency's evaluation of protester's technical proposal is denied where record shows evaluation was reasonable and consistent with terms of the solicitation. DECISION Andritz Hydro Corp., of Charlotte, North Carolina, protests the evaluation of its proposal, and the award of a contract to ABB, Inc., of Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada, under request for proposals (RFP) No. W9128F-10-R-0043, issued by the Corps of Engineers for the supply and installation of eight excitation systems for the Fort Randall Dam Power Plant in South Dakota. Andritz contends that the agency did not reasonably evaluate its technical proposal. We deny the protest. The RFP, issued on July 29, 2010, contemplated the award of a fixed-price contract for the design, manufacture, installation, commissioning and testing of eight digital excitation systems for generators at the Fort Randall Dam Power Plant, including the removal of existing analog exciters, concrete pads and associated equipment. Award was to be made to the firm that submitted the proposal determined to represent the best value to the government considering technical factors and price. RFP at 59 and 63, Statement of Work, Technical Specification 01 11 10 1.1.

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