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B-401493.2 1 (2009-10-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadbaq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability 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: American Construction Company File: B-401493.2 Date: October 16, 2009 Michael T. Zoretic, Esq., Stanislaw Ashbaugh, LLP, for the protester. Douglas L. Patin, Esq., and Jeremy Becker-Welts, Esq., Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, for General Construction Company, LLC, an intervenor. Deena G. Braunstein, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency. Linda C. Glass, Esq., and Ralph 0. White, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency's evaluation of offerors' proposals and the resulting award determination are unobjectionable where the evaluation and the award determination were reasonable and consistent with the solicitation's stated evaluation criteria. DECISION American Construction Company of Tacoma, Washington, protests the award of a contract to General Construction Company, LLC of Poulsbo, Washington, under request for proposals (RFP) No. W912QR-09-R-0045, issued by the Army Corps of Engineers for the demolition of the existing timber pier at Pier 23 in Tacoma and its replacement with a concrete pier. The protester maintains that the agency improperly evaluated proposals and made an improper source selection decision. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP was issued on April 21, 2009, and contemplated the award of a fixed-price contract for the demolition and construction of a pier. The RFP also included options for environmental remediation and for temporary access to the outer pier during construction. Under the RFP, proposals were to be evaluated for best value on the basis of the following evaluation factors listed in descending order of importance: experience, past performance, management, and price. RFP § 4. All evaluation factors, other than price, when combined were equal to price.

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