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B-410168.2,B-410168.3 1 (2014-11-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqtn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0Comptroller General ity * Integrity * Rellability 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: Archer Western Federal JV File: B-410168.2; B-410168.3 Date: November 12, 2014 Joseph J. Dyer, Esq., Caroline A. Keller, Esq., and Rebecca Woods, Esq., Seyfarth Shaw LLP, for the protester. Steven J. Koprince, Esq., and Amanda M. Wilwert, Esq., Petefish, Immel, Heeb & Hird, LLP, for SGS, LLC, the intervenor. Cindy E. Shimokusu, Esq., Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, for the agency. Peter D. Verchinski, Esq., and Nora K. Adkins, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest alleging that the awardee's proposal violates the solicitation's subcontracting limitation is denied where the awardee's proposal does not, on its face, indicate that the awardee would not comply with the limitation. 2. Protest alleging that the agency unreasonably considered the experience of the awardee's subcontractors in its evaluation of the awardee's experience factor is denied where the solicitation allowed for the use of subcontractors to perform portions of the contract and the agency's consideration of the subcontractors' experience was contemplated by the terms of the solicitation. 3. Protest that the agency improperly permitted the awardee to clarify its intent to comply with the subcontracting limitation is denied where the exchange did not constitute discussions nor was it otherwise improper. DECISION Archer Western Federal JV, of Chicago, Illinois, protests the award of a contract to SGS, LLC, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, by the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, under request for proposals (RFP) No. W9126G-1 4-R-001 9 for construction services. The protester alleges that the awardee failed to comply with the solicitation's subcontracting limitation; argues that the agency improperly

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