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B-297011.3 1 (2006-04-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaslr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: A G A O Comptroller General . Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Decision Matter of: Nicholson/Soletanche Joint Venture File: B-297011.3; B-297011.4 Date: April 20, 2006 Brian P. Waagner, Esq., Elizabeth M. Gill, Esq., and J. Michael Littlejohn, Esq., Wickwire Gavin, P.C., for the protester. Robert K. Cox, Esq., Robert G. Barbour, Esq., Kevin J. McKeon, Esq., and Hanna L. Blake, Esq., Watt, Tieder, Hoffar & Fitzgerald, LLP, for Brayman Construction Corporation, an intervenor. Willie J. Williams, Esq., United States Army Corps of Engineers, for the agency. Linda S. Lebowitz, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest is denied where the agency reasonably evaluated proposals in accordance with the terms of the solicitation and where the solicitation provided that the combined technical evaluation factors were significantly more important than price, the agency reasonably selected for award a higher technically rated, slightly higher priced proposal. DECISION Nicholson/Soletanche Joint Venture (NSJV) protests the award of a contract to Brayman Construction Corporation (BCC) under request for proposals (RFP) No. W91237-05-R-0005, issued by the United States Army Corps of Engineers for dam safety assurance requirements at Bluestone Dam in Hinton, West Virginia. NSJV protests the evaluation of proposals and the selection of BCC's higher technically rated, slightly higher priced proposal for award. We deny the protest.1 1 This protest follows an earlier protest filed by NSJV, in response to which the agency took corrective action (i.e., the agency relaxed the evaluation criteria, conducted discussions, requested and evaluated final revised proposals, and made a new source selection decision).

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