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GAO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
441 G St. N.W.                                                  Comptroller General
Washington, DC 20548                                             of the United States
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                                             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:   Dawson Enterprises, LLC

File:        B-414591.2

Date:        July 24, 2017

Johnathan M. Bailey, Esq., and Kristin E. Zachman, Esq., Bailey & Bailey, P.C., for the
protester.
John Masterson, Esq., and John V.R. Aguon, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the
agency.
Peter D. Verchinski, Esq., and Amy B. Pereira, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

In a procurement conducted under a two-phase design-build selection process, protest
of an agency's evaluation of the protester's phase 1 proposal and its decision to exclude
the protester from phase 2 is denied where the agency's evaluation was reasonable and
in accordance with the solicitation's evaluation criteria.
DECISION

Dawson Enterprises, LLC, of Honolulu, Hawaii, protests the Department of the Navy's
exclusion of its proposal from phase 2 of a two-phase design-build competition under
request for proposals (RFP) No. N40192-16-R-2800, for construction projects on Guam.
Dawson argues that the agency improperly evaluated its phase 1 proposal and
unreasonably eliminated it from the competition.

We deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

The RFP was issued on March 29, 2016, under the two-phase design-build provisions
of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 36.3 and contemplated the award of
indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity multiple-award task order contracts for
design-build construction projects at various federal or military facilities and installations
on Guam. The RFP, which was set aside for small businesses, stated that the agency
intended to award five contracts for a base year and four 1-year option periods. RFP
at 3-7. The maximum dollar value, including the base period and all options, for all

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