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B-419687,B-419687.2 Jun 25, 2021 1 (2021-06-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaoman0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 1O o U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE A Century of Non-Partisan Fact-Based Work 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to D ecisio n ;a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: Kiewit Infrastructure West Company File: B-419687; B-419687.2 Date: June 25, 2021 Douglas L. Patin, Esq., Aron C. Beezley, Esq., and Lisa A. Markman, Esq., Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, for the protester. Jacob W. Scott, Esq., Alexander Gorelik, Esq., and Erik M. Coon, Esq., Smith, Currie & Hancock, LLP, for Hensel Phelps Construction Company, the intervenor. Lauren Kalaukoa, Esq., Mark Morita, Esq., and Jan E. Takamine, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Kasia Dourney, Esq., and Evan C. Williams, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest alleging that the awardee's proposal took exception to the requirement to propose a fixed price by offering a discount for one of the line items is denied where the solicitation did not prohibit offerors from proposing a discount and where the awardee was bound to perform at its discounted price. 2. Protest alleging that the awardee's pricing is unbalanced is denied where the protester fails to make the threshold showing that the agency failed to evaluate the risk of unbalanced pricing, and where the agency reasonably determined that the risk of unbalanced pricing was low. DECISION Kiewit Infrastructure West Company, of Honolulu, Hawaii, protests the issuance of a task order to Hensel Phelps Construction Company, under request for proposals (RFP) No. N62478-20-D-4003/4004/4005/4006/4007/4014/4015, issued by the Department of the Navy for repair, design, and conversion of existing facilities into administrative facilities in Oahu, Hawaii. Kiewit challenges the agency's evaluation of Hensel's price and technical proposals. We deny the protest.

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