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B-409301 1 (2014-03-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqdq0001 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. No party requested redactions; we are therefore releasing the decision in its entirety.. Decision Matter of: Kvichak Marine Industries, Inc. File: B-409301 Date: March 6, 2014 William A. Shook, Esq., Law Offices of William A. Shook PLLC, for the protester. W. Jay DeVecchio, Esq., Kevin C. Dwyer, Esq., and Ethan E. Marsh, Esq., Jenner & Block LLP, for Birdon America, Inc., the intervenor. Michael J. Kraycinovich, Esq., and Laura K. Anderson, Esq., Department of the Army, Army Materiel Command, for the agency. Paul N. Wengert, Esq., Scott H. Riback, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency misevaluated protester's proposal and made an unreasonable source selection decision is denied where contemporaneous record shows that evaluators and source selection authority based award on solicitation criteria, weighed competing advantages proposed by offerors, and made a reasonable source selection decision that was consistent with the terms of the solicitation. DECISION Kvichak Marine Industries, Inc., of Seattle, Washington, protests the award of a contract to Birdon America, Inc., of New Orleans, Louisiana, by the Department of the Army, Army Materiel Command, under request for proposals (RFP) No. W56HZV-12-R-0445, for bridge erection boats (BEB). Kvichak argues that the Army misevaluated its proposal and made an unreasonable source selection decision. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND Under earlier contracts awarded in March 2010, three firms were employed to engineer, manufacture, and begin development (EMD) of designs for new BEBs. One of the contracts was awarded to Kvichak's corporate antecedent, and Birdon acted as a subcontractor to a second of the three EMD contractors. During the

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