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B-420390.2,B-420390.3 Jul 27, 2022 1 (2022-07-27)

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                    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 version has been
                                           approved for public release.


Matter of:   Coastal Environmental Group, Inc.

File:     B-420390.2; B-420390.3

Date:        July 27, 2022

Aron C. Beezley, Esq., Sarah S. Osborne, Esq., and Gabrielle A. Sprio, Esq., Bradley
Arant Boult Cummings  LLP, for the protester.
Jennifer G. Meyer, Esq., and Alexandria P. Tramel, Esq., Department of the Army, for
the agency.
Michael P. Grogan, Esq., and Evan D. Wesser, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO,  participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

1. Protest challenging agency's evaluation of the protester's proposal is denied where
the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation.

2. Protest alleging that the solicitation contained a latent ambiguity is denied where the
protester's interpretation of the relevant solicitation language is not reasonable.
DECISION

Coastal Environmental Group, Inc., a small business of Patchogue, New York, protests
its non-selection for award of an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract
under request for proposals (RFP) No. W912DQ-21-R-3004, issued by the Department
of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), for environmental remediation
services. The protester challenges the agency's evaluation of its proposal and
contends the solicitation was ambiguous concerning how USACE would evaluate past
performance.

We  deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

The agency  issued the solicitation on January 29, 2021, pursuant to the procedures in
Federal Acquisition Regulation part 15, as a small business set-aside, anticipating the

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