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B-292834,B-292834.2 1 (2003-12-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacynh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Il im G A 0Comptroller General . .Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States General Accounting Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Decision Matter of: Foundation Engineering Sciences, Inc. File: B-292834; B-292834.2 Date: December 12, 2003 Robert E. Korroch, Esq., Williams Mullen, for the protester. Paul R. Smith, Esq., and Robert E. Little, Esq., Naval Facilities Engineering Command, for the agency. Susan K. McAuliffe, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency should have selected the protester, the fourth-ranked firm, as the most highly qualified firm with which to negotiate an architect-engineer contract is denied where the record shows that the agency reasonably evaluated the protester's and the awardee's qualifications consistent with the evaluation factors and applicable procurement rules, and reasonably determined that, due to its relatively limited equipment availability, protester was not the most highly qualified of the firms. DECISION Foundation Engineering Sciences, Inc. protests the selection by the Department of the Navy of GeoEnvironmental Resources, Inc. as the firm with which to negotiate an architect-engineer (A-E) contract for geotechnical engineering services at various activities within the geographical area of the Atlantic Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command. Foundation argues that it was improper for the agency to credit GeoEnvironmental with the experience and qualifications of that firm's subcontractors and consultants, broadly alleges that it should have been found technically superior to the awardee, and asserts that the agency unreasonably ranked the protester lower than the awardee due to its concerns about the number of drilling rigs the protester proposed. We deny the protest. This procurement of A-E services is being conducted pursuant to the procedures set forth in the Brooks Act, as amended, 40 U.S.C. §§ 541 et seu. (2000), and its implementing regulations, Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 36.6. In

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