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B-408325 1 (2013-08-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadpsx0001 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: Harbor Services, Inc. File: B-408325 Date: August 23, 2013 Dana Woodrum Lang, Esq., Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP, for the protester. Francis M. Ervin II, Esq., Rogers Townsend & Thomas, PC, for the intervenor. Ricarto Brazela, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Frank Maguire, Esq., and David A. Ashen, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Challenge to evaluation of awardee's corporate experience is denied where contracting officer reasonably relied on fact that staff and assets of awardee's predecessor company were transferred to or otherwise available to awardee; awardee proposed other key personnel who were experienced in similar work at the installation and proposed to rely on experienced subcontractors; and awardee demonstrated adequate financial resources. 2. Protest of evaluation of protester's proposal for construction contract under project personnel experience subfactor is denied where record indicates that evaluators reasonably assessed a weakness based upon fact that proposed design subcontractor was new and experience of most design personnel was not demonstrated. DECISION Harbor Services, Inc., of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, protests the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) award of a contract to MedPro Systems, Inc. (MedPro), of Charleston, South Carolina, under request for proposals (RFP) No. VA247-13-R- 0171, for design/build construction services at the Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center (VAMC) in Charleston, South Carolina. Harbor challenges the evaluation of proposals, and the best value award decision. We deny the protest.

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