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B-407601 1 (2013-01-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadpkq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I G A O Comptroller General AccountabilIty * Integrity* Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has Decision been approved for public release. Matter of: USS Chartering, LLC File: B-407601 Date: January 15, 2013 Lee Dougherty, Esq., and Katherine A. Straw, Esq., Fluet, Huber & Hoang PLLC, for the protester. Dismas N. Locaria, Esq., D. Edward Wilson, Jr., Esq., and Melanie Jones Totman, Esq., Venable LLP, for Crowley Petroleum Services, Inc., the intervenor. Kelly McKallagat, Esq, Kimberly G. Foxx, Esq., and Gordon Ivins, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Peter D. Verchinski, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging an agency's affirmative determination of responsibility is denied where the record demonstrates that the agency considered information concerning the awardee's affiliation with a firm that pled guilty to price fixing. 2. Protest challenging the evaluation of the protester's price is denied where the agency's price evaluation was consistent with the solicitation criteria and reasonable. DECISION USS Chartering, LLC, of Edison, New Jersey, protests the award of a contract to Crowley Petroleum Services, Inc., of Jacksonville, Florida, under request for proposals (RFP) No. N00033-12-R-5428, issued by the Department of the Navy, Military Sealift Command, for ship charter services. USS Chartering argues that the award to Crowley Petroleum was improper because the awardee is affiliated with a firm that recently pled guilty to price fixing. We deny the protest.

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