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B-412690.2,B-412690.3 1 (2016-05-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadsgb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountabilty * 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. D e c i s i o n - .-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . . .. Matter of: Crowley Technical Management, Inc. File: B-412690.2; B-412690.3 Date: May 12, 2016 James Y. Boland, Esq., Dismas N. Locaria, Esq., and Nathaniel S. Canfield, Esq., Venable LLP, for the protester. Craig S. King, Esq., Richard J. Webber, Esq., and Patrick R. Quigley, Esq., Arent Fox LLP, for Patriot Contract Services, LLC; and Timothy B. Shea, Esq., Nemirow, Hu & Shea PC, for Pacific-Gulf Marine, Inc., the intervenors. Janis P. Rodriguez, Esq., and Ashley S. Amano, Esq., Department of Transportation, for the agency. Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protester's assertion that it was entitled to a higher technical/management rating than any other offeror based on its greater experience under the prior contract is denied where the solicitation provided for evaluation of the offerors' technical understanding and approach to performing the contract requirements, and the agency reasonably concluded that the offerors' proposals were essentially equal in this regard. 2. Protest that agency considered the offerors' union affiliation as an unstated evaluation factor in making its source selection decision is denied where the record does not support the protester's allegation. 3. Protest that agency failed to properly consider allegedly unrealistic and unbalanced pricing is denied where the record shows that the awardee's prices were neither unrealistically low nor materially unbalanced, and the agency appropriately considered potential risks. DECISION Crowley Technical Management, Inc., of Jacksonville, Florida, protests the Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration's (MARAD) award of contracts to Patriot Contract Services (PCS), of Concord, California, and

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