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B-406635,B-406635.2,B-406635.3,B-406635.4 1 (2012-07-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadozd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 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. L - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - i Decision Matter of: HydroGeoLogic, Inc. File: B-406635; B-406635.2; B-406635.3; B-406635.4 Date: July 25, 2012 Howard H. Yuan, Esq., Michael Bhargava, Esq., Holly A. Roth, Esq., and Diana Kwok, Esq., Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, for the protester. Kenneth A. Martin, Esq., The Martin Law Firm, PLLC, for Plexus-PARS JV, LLC, an intervenor. Madeline Shay, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency. Mary G. Curcio, Esq., and David A. Ashen, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that agency used unstated criteria to evaluate proposals is denied where allegedly unstated criteria were reasonably related to, and logically encompassed by, the stated criteria. 2. Agency reasonably assigned offerors unknown confidence for past performance where it did not receive the requisite number of past performance questionnaires required by the solicitation. 3. When evaluating the past performance of a joint venture, an agency may properly consider the past performance of the individual members of the joint venture where the solicitation does not prohibit this approach. DECISION HydroGeologic, Inc. (HGL), of Reston, Virginia, protests the award of contracts to EA Engineering (EA), of Hunt Valley, Maryland; Cape Environmental Management, Inc., of Norcross, Georgia; PIKA-MP JV, LLC, of Stafford, Texas; Kemron Environmental Services, Inc., of Atlanta, Georgia; and Plexus-PARS JV, LLC, of Alexandria, Virginia, under solicitation No. W912DR-10-R-0098, issued by the Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, for environmental services. HGL asserts that the agency improperly evaluated its technical proposal and the past performance of the awardees.

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