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G&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: SKE Italy Srl

File:        B-414884.3

Date:     January 24, 2018

William F. Savarino, Esq., and Daniel J. Strouse, Esq., Cohen Mohr LLP, for the
protester.
Lisa Marchese, Esq., and Kate H. Kennedy, Esq., Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, for
Ganter Interior GmbH, the intervenor.
Jeremy D. Burkhart, Esq., and Scott N. Flesch, Esq., Department of the Army, for the
agency.
Joshua R. Gillerman, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protest challenging the evaluation of the awardee's quotation is denied where the
record shows that the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the
solicitation.
DECISION

SKE Italy SrI, of Vicenza, Italy, protests the award of a contract to Ganter Interior
GmbH, of Waldkirch, Germany, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. W912PF-17-T-
0030, issued by the Department of the Army for maintenance and repair services for
family housing at the United States Army Garrison (USAG) in Vicenza, Italy. The
protester, the incumbent contractor, argues that the agency unreasonably evaluated the
awardee's company experience and performed an unreasonable price realism analysis.

We deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

The RFQ, issued on April 21, 2017, contemplated the award of a fixed-price contract,
with time and materials contract line item numbers (CLINs), for all management,
personnel, materials, and services necessary to perform military family housing
maintenance and repair services for the USAG-Italy, in Vicenza, Italy. Agency Report
(AR), Tab 3, RFQ at 1, 33, 48. The acquisition was conducted in accordance with

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