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B-420580,B-420580.2 Jun 13, 2022 1 (2022-06-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaongi0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 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: Seaward Services, Inc. File: B-420580; B-420580.2 Date: June 13, 2022 Michael L. Waldman, Esq., Deneen J. Melander, Esq., and Leslie C. Esbrook, Esq., Kramer Levin Neftalis & Frankel, LLP d/b/a Kramer Levin Robbins Russel, for the protester. Howard W. Roth, Esq., Jedidiah K. Blake, Esq., and Nicole Wolf, Esq., Oles Morrison Rinker & Baker, LLP, for TOTE Services, LLC, an intervenor. Davis Young, Esq., Patrick Mayette, Esq., DJ Thornley, Esq., Ann Caroline M. Calabrese, Esq., Courtney E. Hall, Esq., and James L. Johnsen, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Scott H. Riback, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging agency's evaluation of proposals and source selection decision is sustained where record shows that agency's evaluation and source selection was unreasonable and not consistent with the terms of the solicitation. DECISION Seaward Services, Inc. (SSI), of Norfolk, Virginia, protests the award of a contract to TOTE Services, LLC, of Jacksonville, Florida, under request for proposals (RFP) No. N32205-20-R-3004, issued by the Department of the Navy, Military Sealift Command, for services in connection with the worldwide operation, maintenance and repair of the USNS Guam. SSI maintains that the agency unreasonably evaluated proposals and made an unreasonable source selection decision. We sustain the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP contemplates the award of a fixed-price contract on a best-value tradeoff basis for a 1-year base period and four 1-year options. Firms were advised that the agency would evaluate proposals and make award based on price, as well as several non-price

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