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B-294379 1 (2004-09-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptapok0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General SIntegrity Reliability of the United States ~ccountabthty Inert Rea iy United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: DuRette Construction Company, Inc. File: B-294379 Date: September 15, 2004 Rob DuRette, DuRette Construction Company, Inc., for the protester. Byron W. Waters, Esq., United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, for the agency. Paul N. Wengert, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Although agency apparently disclosed potential proposal revision involving cost savings through use of smaller concrete blocks in construction project, which had been raised by protester during discussions, when conducting subsequent discussions with other competitors, even assuming that this disclosure was improper, the protester did not show competitive prejudice where neither protester nor awardee revised its proposal to utilize smaller concrete blocks. DECISION DuRette Construction Company, Inc. protests the award of a contract to Southeast Road Builders, Inc. for construction of the Thorne Bay Marine Access Facility (MAF) project, under request for proposals (RFP) No. R1O-05-04-34. DuRette argues that an innovative approach to performance, involving the use of smaller precast contract blocks in construction of the seawall bulkhead, was improperly disclosed to the awardee during discussions. We deny the protest. The Thorne Bay MAF is to be used for the transfer, sorting, and loading of logs onto barges for shipment from the Tongass National Forest. A portion of the project specifications required the construction of a seawall bulkhead using precast concrete blocks, described on accompanying drawings. RFP amend. 2 (drawing sheet 17 of 19).

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