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B-406423 1 (2012-05-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadovn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General WEEMAccountability * 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 version has been approved for public release. D e c i s i o n L .-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . . .. Matter of: ASPEC Engineering File: B-406423 Date: May 22, 2012 Stephen R. Bosin, Esq. for the protester. Carrie Willett Fogle, Esq., Department of the Air Force, 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 of rejection of proposal as technically unacceptable is denied where record shows the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. DECISION ASPEC Engineering, of Holtsville, New York, protests the award of a contract to Sociedade de Empreitada e Trabalhos Hidraulicos (SETH), of Portugal, under request for proposals (RFP) No. FA4486-12-R-0001, issued by the Department of the Air Force for operation and maintenance services at water and waste water treatment plants at Lajes Field, Azores. ASPEC, the incumbent contractor for the waste water treatment plant portion of the solicitation's requirements,1 contends the agency unreasonably evaluated and rejected its proposal as technically unacceptable. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP, which was issued on November 22, 2011, sought proposals for the award of a fixed-price contract to operate and maintain both the water and waste water 1 SETH is the incumbent for the water treatment plant requirements.

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