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B-410929,B-410929.2 1 (2015-03-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadrbl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: jGA Comptroller 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: TMG Services, Inc. File: B-410929; B-410929.2 Date: March 25, 2015 Richard J. Conway, Esq., and Michael J. Slattery, Esq., Dickstein Shapiro LLP, for the protester. Denis L. Durkin, Esq., Baker & Hostetler LLP, for David Boland, Inc.; Andrew J. Haliw III, Esq., for Custom Mechanical Systems Corporation; Sarah B. Cameron, Esq., Dinsmore & Shohl LLP, for Howard W. Pence, Inc.; Richard L. Carr, Jr., Esq., and Charles W. Mahan, Esq., Dunlevey, Mahan & Furry, for Butt Construction Company, Inc., the intervenors. Tarrah M. Beavin, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency. Frank Maguire, Esq., and David A. Ashen, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protester's contention that awardee's price for a multiple-award contract was unreasonable is denied where the awardee's price was approximately 13.7% higher than the government estimate and 21.8% higher than the next highest-priced awardee, and the awardee's proposal offered a superior approach (including an accelerated schedule), as specifically encouraged by the solicitation. 2. Protest that awardee's schedule narrative for the required sample project was not project specific, thus allegedly rendering the proposal non-compliant with the solicitation requirements, is denied where the awardee's bar chart schedule was project-specific, and nothing in the solicitation clearly and unequivocally required that the narrative, as distinct from the bar chart schedule, also be project specific. DECISION TMG Services, Inc. (TMG), of Cleveland, Ohio, protests the Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' (USACE) decision not to select it for one of five contracts awarded for construction services under request for proposals (RFP) No. W912QR-14-R-0007. Specifically, TMG argues that it should have been selected for award rather than two of the other awardees--David Boland, Inc., of Titusville, Florida, and A&D GC, Inc. (A&D), of Santee, California. In TMG's view,

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