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B-409296 1 (2014-02-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqcp0001 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: A&D General Contracting, Inc. File: B-409296 Date: February 24, 2014 Neal W. Clements III, Esq., William L. Bruckner, Esq., and Branden L. Timboe, Esq., The Bruckner Law Firm, for the protester. David C. Brasfield, Esq., and Stephen L. Sowell, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency. Pedro E. Briones, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that an agency improperly considered the quantity of relevant past performance offered by the protester where the solicitation did not specifically state that a minimum amount of relevant past performance would be considered is denied where the quantity of relevant experience is logically encompassed by or related to considering the quality of the offeror's past performance. DECISION A&D General Contracting, Inc., of San Diego, California, protests the rejection of its proposal under request for proposals (RFP) No. W91278-13-R-0046, issued by the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, for services to support military construction and repair projects in the agency's Mobile District, Alabama. A&D challenges the evaluation of its past performance. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP, issued as a small business set-aside, provided for the award of an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract for construction services for a base year and four option years. Offerors were informed that award would be made on a best-value basis using a two-phase evaluation process. RFP § 00 11 00, IM 1.3, 1.4. During the first phase, the agency would evaluate offerors under the following factors, in descending order of importance: past performance and technical

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