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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:  Gemmo S.p.A.

File:        B-416864.3

Date:       September 19, 2019

David S. Black, Esq., Eric S. Crusius, Esq., Gregory R. Hallmark, Esq., and Amy L.
Fuentes, Esq., Holland & Knight LLP, for the protester.
Anuj Vohra, Esq., Nicole J. Owren-Wiest, Esq., James G. Peyster, Esq., Christian N.
Curran, Esq., and Zachary Schroeder, Esq., Crowell & Moring LLP, for Valiant/ALCA
Joint Venture, LLC, the intervenor.
Seth Eddy, Esq., and Christopher J. Robbins, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the
agency.
Kasia Dourney, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

1. Protest challenging an agency's determination that the awardee's joint venture
agreement was compliant with the terms of the solicitation is denied when the
requirements at issue were not material terms of the solicitation and when the
solicitation did not specify that failure to comply with those requirements would result in
rejection of proposals.

2. Protest challenging an agency's evaluation of the awardee's corporate experience
and past performance, because it attributed corporate experience and past performance
of the awardee's predecessor companies to the awardee, is denied when the agency's
evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation.
DECISION

Gemmo SpA., of Vincenza, Italy, protests the award of a contract to Valiant/ALCA
Joint Venture, LLC (Valiant/ALCA) under request for proposals (RFP) No. N62470-17-
R-4002, issued by the Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Command
for base operations support (BOS) services at the Naval Air Station Sigonella and its

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