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B-403960.3 1 (2011-05-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadbut0001 and id is 1 raw text is: JiL .L A GA O Comptroller General .,u in Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 D .. Decision Matter of: Wood Cuts File: B-403960.3 Date: May 19, 2011 William L. Thomason for the protester. Melissa D. McClellan, Esq., Department of Agriculture, for the agency. Peter D. Verchinski, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that the agency failed to apply an evaluation preference for offering environmentally preferable products is denied where the solicitation did not provide for such a preference. DECISION Wood Cuts, of Thorne Bay, Alaska, protests the award of a contract to Ketchikan Ready Mix & Quarry, Inc., of Ketchikan, Alaska, under request for proposals (RFP) No. AG-0116-S-10-0062, issued by the U.S. Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, for the replacement of a recreational wood cabin. Wood Cuts contends that the agency failed to reasonably evaluate the protester's offer to use environmentally preferable products (EPP).' We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP, issued as a HUBZone set-aside, provided for the award of a fixed-priced contract for the replacement of a wood cabin and associated structures at the Anan Bay site in the Tongass National Forest, Wrangell Ranger District, Alaska. Offerors were informed that award would be made on a best value basis, considering price 'EPPs are products ... that have a lesser or reduced effect on human health and the environment when compared with competing products or services that serve the same purpose. Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) § 2.101.

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