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B-406024.4 1 (2012-08-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadozs0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O0 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. D e c i s i o n L .-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . . .. Matter of: J.R. Conkey & Associates, Inc. dba Solar Power Integrators File: B-406024.4 Date: August 22, 2012 David S. Demian, Esq., Christopher R. Sillari, Esq., and Rodrigo F. Moreira, Esq., Marks, Finch, Thornton & Baird, LLP, for the protester. Shaquana L. Cooper, Esq., Charlma Quarles, Esq., and Phillipa L. Anderson, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Tania Calhoun, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest is sustained where the record shows the evaluation of protester's proposal was unreasonable and, in making the award decision, the agency conducted a tradeoff only between the three proposals with the highest point scores but did not consider the lower prices offered by other apparently technically acceptable lower- rated offerors, including protester. DECISION J.R. Conkey & Associates, Inc., dba Solar Power Integrators (SPINT), of Roseville, California, protests the award of a contract to R.E.M. Construction Co., of Pasadena, California, under request for proposals (RFP) No. VA-1 01-11 -RP-0021, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for construction of a 3.3 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic system at the VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System Medical Center in North Las Vegas, Nevada. SPINT argues that the VA improperly evaluated its proposal and made an inadequate price/technical tradeoff decision. We sustain the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP, issued on June 7, 2011, contemplated the award of a fixed-price contract for the provision of all labor, materials, supplies, transportation, equipment, and supervision necessary to provide a photovoltaic system. The system will be

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