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B-299705 1 (2007-07-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptauga0001 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: Metson Marine Services, Inc. File: B-299705 Date: July 20, 2007 Margaret A. Dillenburg, Esq., Law Offices of Margaret A. Dillenburg, PC, and Alexander J. Brittin, Esq., Brittin Law Group, PLLC, for the protester. Richard P. Rector, Esq., and Carl L. Vacketta, Esq., DLA Piper US LLP, for Seaward Services, Inc., an intervenor. Joel A. Weger, Esq., and Pamela Castellano, Esq., Department of the Navy, Military Sealift Command, for the agency. Paula A. Williams, Esq., and Ralph 0. White, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency reasonably determined that protester's proposal was technically unacceptable and that it would not conduct further discussions with the protester, where protester's final revised proposal, submitted after extensive discussions, failed to meet the solicitation's requirements for a key personnel position. DECISION Metson Marine Services, Inc. protests the award of a contract to Seaward Services, Inc. under request for proposals (RFP) No. N00033-06-R-1012, issued by the Department of the Navy, Military Sealift Command (MSC) to obtain port operation and vessel management services for the Athena high speed research vessel system.' Metson protests that the agency unreasonably concluded that its proposal was technically unacceptable, failed to conduct meaningful discussions with Metson, and conducted an unreasonable evaluation of Seaward's past performance. 1 This is the first of two separate follow-on contracts awarded to Seaward under RFP Nos. N00033-06-R-1012 (the Athena solicitation) and N00033-06-R-1013 (the Dive School solicitation). Because the issues raised by Metson challenging each award are separate and distinct, we have addressed the protest of each procurement separately.

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