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B-415510.2,B-415510.3,B-415510.4 1 (2018-01-24)

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

                                                DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
                                             I 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:  VT Halter Marine, Inc.

File:       B-415510.2; B-415510.3; B-415510.4

Date:       January 24, 2018

John E. McCarthy, Jr., Esq., James Peyster, Esq., and Elizabeth A. Buehler, Esq.,
Crowell & Moring LLP, for the protester.
Damien C. Specht, Esq., and W. Jay DeVecchio, Esq., Morrison & Foerster LLP, for
Vigor Works LLC, an intervenor.
Jonathan A. Hardage, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency.
Scott H. Riback, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

1. Protest challenging agency's evaluation of proposals is denied where record shows
that agency's evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation
and applicable statutes and regulations.

2. Protest that agency engaged in inadequate discussions with protester is denied
where record shows that agency adequately conveyed its concerns to the protester
during discussions.
DECISION

VT Halter Marine, Inc. (VT), of Pascagoula, Mississippi, protests the award of a contract
to Vigor Works LLC, of Clackamas, Oregon, under request for proposals (RFP) No.
W56HZV-1 5-R-01 87, issued by the Department of the Army for the design and
manufacture of a quantity of maneuver support vessels (MSVs).1 VT maintains that the
agency misevaluated proposals and made an unreasonable source selection decision.

We deny the protest.



1 Throughout the record in this case, the parties also refer to the MSVs as MSV (L),
which refers to the maneuver support vessels (light).

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