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B-410220 1 (2014-11-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqtp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountabilty * 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: Sea Box, Inc. File: B-410220 Date: November 17, 2014 Pamela J. Mazza, Esq., Kathryn V. Flood, Esq., Peter B. Ford, Esq., Megan C. Connor, Esq. and Brian F. Wilbourn, Esq., PilieroMazza PLLC, for the protester. Michael J. Kraycinovich, Esq., and Russell W. Bottom, Esq., U.S. Army Materiel Command, for the agency. Susan K. McAuliffe, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest of technical evaluation is denied where record shows that it was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. 2. Under solicitation contemplating award of fixed-price contract, protest challenging agency's price realism analysis is denied where the record reflects that the agency evaluated the underlying cost elements of the awardee's lower price and the protester has not shown that the agency's consideration of this information was unreasonable. DECISION Sea Box, Inc., of East Riverton, New Jersey, protests the award of a contract to Berg Manufacturing, Inc., of Spokane, Washington, by the Department of the Army under request for proposals (RFP) No. W90985-14-R-0002 for metal working and machining shop set (MWMSS) shelters. Sea Box contends that the agency's evaluation of the awardee's proposal was improper. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP, a small business set-aside issued on January 31, 2014, anticipated the award of a 5-year indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract for 1-sided expandable shelters. RFP at 2-3. The contract was to be awarded on a fixed-price

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