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B-415524,B-415524.2,B-415524.3,B-415524.4 1 (2018-01-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadugc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO 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: Mainstream Engineering Corporation; Snowbird Environmental Systems Corporation File: B-415524; B-415524.2; B-415524.3; B-415524.4 Date: January 16, 2018 Richard P. Rector, Esq., C. Bradford Jorgensen, Esq., and Eric P. Roberson, Esq., DLA Piper LLP-US, for Mainstream Engineering Corporation, a protester. Barbara S. Kinosky, Esq., David R. Warner, Esq., Heather B. Mims, Esq., and Tyler J. Freiberger, Esq., for Snowbird Environmental Systems Corporation, a protester. Wade L. Brown, Esq., and Fadette Berthold, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency. Robert T. Wu, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that the agency made a flawed best-value tradeoff decision is denied where the record shows that the decision was reasonable and in accordance with the stated evaluation scheme. 2. Protest that the agency improperly failed to evaluate the awardee's alleged refusal to comply with limitations on subcontracting requirements is denied where the awardee's proposal, on its face, did not evidence that the awardee had not agreed to comply with the subcontracting limitation. 3. Protest that the agency failed to conduct a price realism evaluation, conducted misleading discussions with respect to price, and misevaluated the awardee's past performance is denied where the solicitation did not require a price realism evaluation, the agency was not required to conduct discussions with respect to price, and its evaluation of the awardee's past performance was reasonable and consistent with the stated evaluation criteria. DECISION Mainstream Engineering Corporation, of Rockledge, Florida, and Snowbird Environmental Systems Corporation, of Jacksonville, Florida, protest the award of a contract to TFab Defense Systems, LLC (TDS), of Madison, Alabama, by the

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