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B-408279.2 1 (2013-09-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadpum0001 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: Coburn Contractors, LLC File: B-408279.2 Date: September 30, 2013 Antonio R. Franco, Esq., Alexander 0. Levine, Esq., Grant D.P. Madden, Esq., and Patrick T. Rothwell, Esq., PilieroMazza PLLC, for the protester. Mary A. Mitchell, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Pedro E. Briones, Esq., and Sharon L. Larkin, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that agency used unstated evaluation criteria in assessing a weakness in protester's proposal for failure to submit a list of subcontractors is sustained where the solicitation did not require offerors to identify proposed subcontractors. 2. Protest of awardee's technical evaluation is denied where, consistent with the solicitation, awardee met an office location requirement prior to contract award. DECISION Coburn Contractors, LLC, of Montgomery, Alabama, protests the award of a contract to Abrams Group Construction, LLC, of Pace, Florida, under request for proposals (RFP) No. VA-247-1 1 -RP-0508, issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), for construction and maintenance services for the Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System (CAVHCS) medical centers in Tuskegee and Montgomery. The protester challenges the agency's technical evaluations and selection decision. We sustain the protest in part and deny it in part. BACKGROUND The RFP was set-aside for service-disabled, veteran-owned small businesses and provided for the award of a fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/lQ) contract for a base year and 4 option years. RFP at 1, 5-6, 22-23. The solicitation stated that award would be made on a best value basis considering experience/ capability, past performance, and price. Id. at 9. The RFP also stated that price was

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