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B-403797 1 (2010-12-14)

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         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. No party requested redactions;
                                                      we are therefore releasing the decision in its entirety.

          Decision

          Matter  of:  Tetra Tech Tesoro, Inc.

          File:        B-403797

          Date:        December  14, 2010

          Neil S. Lowenstein, Esq., Daniel R. Weckstein, Esq., Katharina K. Brekke Powers,
          Esq., and Gretchen M. Baker, Esq., Vandeventer Black LLP, for the protester.
          Ronald A. Schechter, Esq., and Caitlin K. Cloonan, Esq., Arnold & Porter LLP, for
          DCK  North America, LLC; and L. Bruce Stout, Esq., for Hardin Construction
          Company  LLC, the intervenors.
          David L. Bell, Esq., and Sharon Taylor, Esq. Department of the Navy, for the agency.
          Paul N. Wengert, Esq., and Sharon L. Larkin, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
          GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
          DIGEST

          Protest that the agency improperly assessed the protester's proposal a deficiency
          and poor rating under the subcontracting plan factor is denied, where the record
          demonstrates that the protester's proposal was missing the subcontracting plan
          required by the solicitation.
          DECISION

          Tetra Tech Tesoro, Inc., of Virginia Beach, Virginia, protests the award of contracts
          to DCK North America, LLC, of Clairton, Pennsylvania; The Whiting-Turner
          Contracting Company, of Baltimore, Maryland; Walbridge Aldinger Company, of
          Detroit, Michigan; Sundt Construction, Inc., of Tempe, Arizona; and Hardin-WGI
          Joint Venture, of Atlanta, Georgia, by the Department of the Navy, under request for
          proposals (RFP) No. N40085-10-R-5306 for indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity
          (ID/IQ) construction contracts for a wide range of construction in the mid-Atlantic
          region. Tetra Tech challenges the evaluation of its proposal.

          We deny the protest.

          BACKGROUND

          The Navy issued the RFP on December  2, 2009, seeking proposals for the award of
          approximately six ID/IQ design-build/design-bid-build construction contracts, and
          providing for the issuance of future task orders to complete projects under those

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