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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




Decision


Matter of: Diversified Construction

File:       B-415312

Date:       November 21, 2017

Paul Adams, for the protester.
Colonel C. Taylor Smith, Christopher M. Judge, Esq., and Major Jeffrey A. Davis, Jr.,
Department of the Air Force, for the agency.
Charmaine A. Stevenson, Esq., and Laura Eyester, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Agency reasonably evaluated protester's proposal as technically unacceptable on the
basis that the proposal did not adequately address the stated requirements.
DECISION

Diversified Construction, of Doha, Qatar, protests the award of a contract to Rahman
Group, Inc., of Doha, Qatar, under request for proposals (RFP) No. FA5702-17-R-001 1
issued by the Department of the Air Force for the renovation of building 5492, Desert
Depot Warehouse, at AI-Udeid Air Base, Qatar. The protester contends that the agency
unreasonably concluded that its proposal was technically unacceptable, and made an
improper award to a higher-priced offer.

We deny the protest.'

BACKGROUND

The RFP, issued on July 15, 2017, contemplated the award of a fixed-price indefinite-
delivery, indefinite-quantity contract using Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) parts
13 (simplified acquisition procedures) and 15 (contracting by negotiation) to the lowest-
priced, technically-acceptable offer. Agency Report (AR), Tab 4, RFP, at 53, 63. The


1 Because a protective order was not issued in connection with this protest, our
discussion is necessarily general.

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