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




Decision


Matter of: DPBC HZ Joint Venture

File:       B-415612

Date:       January 31, 2018

Fernando Neris, PE, for the protester.
Christopher Lambert, Esq., and Matthew Haynes, Esq., Department of the Army, 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

Protest challenging the agency's determination that the protester's proposal was not
responsive and therefore unacceptable is denied where the agency reasonably
determined that the protester's proposal did not satisfy the solicitation's requirements.
DECISION

DPBC HZ Joint Venture (DPBC), a Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone)
joint venture of Sanford, Florida, protests the award of a contract to Herve Cody
Contractor, of Robbinsville, North Carolina, by the Department of the Army, Corps of
Engineers (Corps) under request for proposals (RFP) No. W912EP-1 7-R-001 8 for the
Kissimmee River Restoration Project S-69 Weir and Canal Backfill in Okeechobee and
Highland Counties, Florida. The protester challenges the evaluation of its proposal and
the selection decision.

We deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

The RFP, issued on June 21, 2017, was set aside for HUBZone small businesses, and
contemplated award of a contract on a lowest-priced, technically-acceptable basis.
Agency Report (AR), Tab 3, RFP at 48.1 The RFP stated that to be considered

1 The citations to the solicitation are to the Bates-stamped page numbers on the
comprehensive copy of the solicitation provided by the agency.

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