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B-410217 1 (2014-10-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqse0001 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: JSF Systems, LLC File: B-410217 Date: October 30, 2014 Thomas 0. Mason, Esq., Francis E. Purcell, Jr., Esq., Christopher Kimball, Esq., and David E. Fletcher, Esq., Cooley LLP, for the protester. Douglas C. Proxmire, Esq., and Christina K. Scopin, Esq., Venable LLP, for Hesco Bastion, Inc., an intervenor. Robert Sundberg, Esq., Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, for the agency. Gary R. Allen, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging agency's evaluation of protester's technical proposal is denied where the evaluation was consistent with the solicitation's evaluation criteria. DECISION JSF Systems, LLC, of Washington, D.C., protests the award of a contract to Hesco Bastion, Inc., of North Charleston, South Carolina, under request for proposals (RFP) No. W912EK-14-R-0006, issued by the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, for gabion baskets and related services for the agency's National Flood Fight Center. JSF challenges the agency's evaluation of the offerors' technical and price proposals, and the ensuing award decision. We deny the protest in part and dismiss the protest in part. BACKGROUND The RFP, issued as a small business set-aside, sought proposals for gabion baskets for use as a temporary barrier to flooding; technical advisory services related to floods; and refurbishment of used gabion baskets. 1 RFP at 1, 5-15. The 1 The gabion baskets are essentially containers or baskets made of steel mesh, partially lined with textile material, and filled with sand, gravel, or other fill material, (continued...)

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