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B-417310.3 1 (2020-01-27)

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GAO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
441 G St. N.W.                                                  Comptroller General
Washington, DC 20548                                            of the United States
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                                            DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
                                          The decision issued on the date below was subject to
Decision                                  a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has
                                         1been approved for public release.


Matter of:   Burchick Construction Company, Inc.

File:        B-417310.3

Date:       January 27, 2020

Nancy M. Camardo, Esq., Camardo Law Firm, PC, for the protester.
Tracy Reibling, C&C Contractors, LLC, for the intervenor.
Ashley Lawson Williams, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency.
Andrew J. Smith, Esq., and Amy B. Pereira, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protest challenging the agency's past performance and technical evaluation of its
proposal is denied where the agency's evaluation was reasonable and consistent with
the terms of the solicitation.
DECISION

Burchick Construction Company, Inc., a small business of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
protests the award of a contract to C&C Contractors, LLC, a service-disabled veteran-
owned small business of Notasulga, Alabama, by the Department of Veterans Affairs
(VA) under request for proposals (RFP) No. 36C1 OF1 8R0651, for construction services
to expand the National Cemetery of the Alleghenies. The protester challenges the
agency's evaluation of its proposal and award decision.

We deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

On August 31, 2018, the VA issued the RFP as a small business set-aside conducted
pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) part 15. Agency Report (AR), Tab 4,
RFP, at 1. The RFP sought proposals to provide construction services to expand the
National Cemetery of the Alleghenies located in Bridgeville, Pennsylvania to provide an
additional 10 years of continued burial service. Id. at 1, 9.

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