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B-407115 1 (2012-11-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadpdq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0Comptroller General ity * Integrity * Rellability 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. L - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - i Decision Matter of: SoniTech NDT File: B-407115 Date: November 2, 2012 Charles R. Lucy, Esq., and Victoria L. Strohmeyer, Esq., Holland & Hart LLP, for the protester. Richard G. Olona, Esq., Olona & Associates, P.C., for Sonic Inspection Corporation, an intervenor. Lucie J. McDonald, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Linda C. Glass, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. In a negotiated procurement for a fixed-price purchase order, protest that the successful vendor's price is unrealistically low is denied where the solicitation did not provide for the evaluation of price realism. 2. Protest objecting to the agency's evaluation of the successful vendor's past performance is denied, where the agency considered the vendor's history of relevant past performance and the positive comments made by the vendor's references regarding its past performance. DECISION SoniTech NDT, of Broomfield, Colorado, protests the issuance of a purchase order to Sonic Inspection Corporation, of Castle Rock, Colorado, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. N40085-12-M-5108, issued by the Department of the Navy for testing of fire protection piping systems. The protester objects to the agency's evaluation of the awardee's quotation and selection decision. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFQ, issued as a small business set-aside under the commercial acquisition procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12, provided for the

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