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B-419793,B-419793.2 Jul 23, 2021 1 (2021-07-23)

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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
a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has
Decision                               -beenapproved for public release.
Matter of: Odin Construction Solutions, Inc.
File:     B-419793; B-419793.2
Date:     July 23, 2021
Daniel J. Foster, Esq., and Islam M. Ahmad, Esq., Wilke Fleury, LLP, for the protester.
Jim Weiner, Esq., and Ryan A. Black, Esq., Department of the Interior, for the agency.
Paul N. Wengert, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
Protest that agency misevaluated proposals and treated offerors unequally is denied
where the record shows the evaluation was reasonable, consistent with the evaluation
criteria, and conducted in an equal manner.
DECISION
Odin Construction Solutions, Inc., a small business1 of Rocklin, California, protests the
award of a contract to EWS/RSCI, LLC, of Gillette, Wyoming, also a small business,
under request for proposals (RFP) No. 140R4020R0015, issued by the Department of
the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, for the Big Sandy Dam Reservoir Enlargement
Project, near Farson, Wyoming. Odin contends that its proposal was misevaluated and
the agency made an unreasonable source selection decision.
We deny the protest.
BACKGROUND
The RFP, issued September 3, 2020, sought proposals from small businesses to
perform various construction services over a 716-day performance period. The work
was to include such things as the excavation and rehabilitation of existing dam and dike
embankments, and the placement of concrete-encased canal outlet works pipe, cast-in-
1 Odin represented that it was a small business at the time that it responded to the
solicitation but it has not represented that it remains so now.

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