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B-414601,B-414601.2 1 (2017-07-25)

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G     A     O       U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
441 G St. N.W.                                                   Comptroller General
Washington, DC 20548                                              of the United States
                                          .......................................................................................................................
                                             DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
                                           The decision issued on the date below was subject to
Decision                                   a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has
                                           been approved for public release.


Matter of:   SCST Engineering

File:        B-414601 ; B-414601.2

Date:        July 25, 2017

Jonathan A. DeMella, Esq., Kate Kennedy, Esq., and Conner Peretti, Esq., Davis Wright
Tremaine LLP, for the protester.
Richard B. O'Keeffe, Jr., Esq., Wiley Rein & Fielding LLP, for CDM Smith, an intervenor.
Sara E. McGraw, Esq., and Kenneth Pakula, Esq., Environmental Protection Agency,
for the agency.
Young H. Cho, Esq., Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the
General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of the protester's qualification statement
submitted in a procurement for architect-engineering services is denied where the
record shows that the agency's evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the
terms of the solicitation.
DECISION

SCST Engineering of Chicago, Illinois, protests the nonselection of its qualification
statement for negotiation of an architect-engineering (A&E) services contract, pursuant
to solicitation No. SOL-HQ-14-00022, issued by the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA), for design and engineering services. The protester argues that the agency's
evaluation of its qualification statement was unreasonable.

We deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

The procurement was conducted pursuant to the Brooks Act, 40 U.S.C. §§ 1102-1104,
and its implementing regulations, Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 36.6, as
well as FAR part 16. See Solicitation at 1.1 The procedures provided for procurements

1 The solicitation was amended twice. All citations are to the final version as amended.

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