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B-420419.2 May 09, 2022 1 (2022-05-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaoncz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
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
Decision                           a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has
been approved for public release.
Matter of: Shimmick Construction Company, Inc.
File:     B-420419.2
Date:     May 9, 2022
Giovanni M. Ruscitti, Esq., Justin C. Berg, Esq., Jack P. Storti, Esq., Benjamin F. Silfen,
Esq., Berg Hill Greenleaf Ruscitti LLP, for the protester.
Lawrence M. Prosen, Esq., Benjamin L. Williams, Esq., and Josephine M. Bahn, Esq.,
Cozen O'Connor, for C.J. Mahan Construction Company, LLC, the intervenor.
Elisabeth A. Dixon, Esq., Matthew R. Keiser, Esq., and Tarrah M. Beavin, Esq.,
Department of the Army, for the agency.
Uri R. Yoo, Esq., and Alexander O. Levine, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
1. Protest challenging the agency's consideration of the protester's past performance
on an ongoing project, retrieved from the Contractor Performance Assessment
Reporting System, is denied where the agency's evaluation was reasonable and
consistent with the terms of the solicitation.
2. Protest alleging that agency's discussions were misleading and not meaningful is
denied where the agency was not required to discuss adverse past performance
information to which the offeror has had an opportunity to respond.
3. Protest alleging bias is denied where the protester failed to provide convincing
evidence of bad faith and instead relied upon inferences drawn from the existence of an
ongoing dispute.
4. Protest challenging the agency's technical evaluation is denied where the evaluation
was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation.
5. Protest challenging the agency's tradeoff decision is denied where the decision was
supported by a qualitative comparison of proposals and adequately documented.

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