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B-311200 1 (2008-05-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptavzi0001 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: Joint Venture Penauille/BMAR & Associates, LLC File: B-311200; B-311200.2 Date: May 12, 2008 T. Wayne Gray, Esq., Joseph P. Hornyak, Esq., and Megan M. Mocho, Esq., Holland & Knight LLP, for the protester. Philip J. Davis, Esq., William A. Roberts, III, Esq., Jon W. Burd, Esq., John R. Prairie, Esq., and Lina D. Soni, Esq., Wiley Rein LLP, for Team BOS Sigonella, an intervenor. Amy M. Steed, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Charles W. Morrow, Esq., Sharon L. Larkin, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging price evaluation is sustained, where the procuring agency unreasonably determined that the protester's lower-priced line items for a small portion of the work created an extremely high performance risk and based its decision on an erroneous belief that the contractor could reject work that was ordered. DECISION Joint Venture Penauille/BMAR & Associates, LLC (JVPB) protests the award of a contract to Team BOS Sigonella (BOS) under request for proposals (RFP) No. N33191-07-R-0221, issued by the Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Europe and Support Services, for facilities support services. JVPB contends that the Navy improperly rejected its proposal as being unreasonably low in price. We sustain the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP sought to procure Base Operating and Support Services at the Naval Air Station in Sigonella, Italy, under a fixed-price contract, with a combination of fixed-quantity and indefinite-quantity line items. The period of performance included a 45-day phase-in period, 1-year base period, and four 1-year option

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