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B-407917.2,B-407917.3,B-407917.4,B-407917.5,B-407917.6,B-407917.7 1 (2013-07-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadpqf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O 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: lAP World Services, Inc.; EMCOR Government Services File: B-407917.2; B-407917.3; B-407917.4; B-407917.5; B-407917.6; B-407917.7 Date: July 10, 2013 Daniel E. Chudd, Esq., J. Alex Ward, Esq., Ethan E. Marsh, Esq., Damien C. Specht, Esq., and James A. Tucker, Esq., Jenner & Block LLP, for lAP World Services, Inc.; Kenneth B. Weckstein, Esq., and Aidan J. Delgado, Esq., Brown Rudnick LLP, for EMCOR Government Services, the protesters. Adam K. Lasky, Esq., James F. Nagle, Esq., Meghan A. Douris, Esq., and Benjamin D. Greenberg, Esq., Oles Morrison Rinker & Baker LLP, for J&A World Services LLC, the intervenor. Cynthia S. Guill, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Paula J. Haurilesko, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. A procuring agency unreasonably credited a joint venture awardee with the corporate experience and past performance of separate affiliates of one joint venture partner, where the record does not show that the affiliates will provide resources or be relied upon for contract performance. 2. Protest that the agency treated offerors unequally is sustained, where the agency credited the awardee's proposal with a strength without similarly crediting the protester's proposal for the same feature. 3. Protest is sustained where the source selection authority failed to recognize and consider the features in the protesters' proposals that resulted in those firms' higher evaluation ratings. DECISION lAP World Services, Inc., of Cape Canaveral, Florida, and EMCOR Government Services, of Arlington, Virginia, protest the award of a contract to J&A World

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