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B-412942 1 (2016-07-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadsks0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General ! Accountablity * 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: Reid Planning, Inc. File: B-412942 Date: July 8, 2016 David A. Rose, Esq., Law Offices of Moser Rose, LLP, for the protester. Katie Slayton, Esq., and Paul Clay, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Nora K. Adkins, Esq., and Noah B. Bleicher, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST In a procurement for architect-engineer services, protest challenging the agency's evaluation of the protester's qualification statement is denied where the record demonstrates that the agency reasonably evaluated the protester's statement consistent with the solicitation's selection criteria. DECISION Reid Planning, Inc., a small business located in San Diego, California, protests the selection of The Onyx-Urban Collaborative Joint Venture, LLC, a small business located in Alexandria, Virginia, for price negotiations in connection with synopsis No. N62473-16-R-1 846, which was issued by the Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest (NAVFAC SW) for architect-engineer (A/E) services. The protester challenges the agency's evaluation of its qualification statement. We deny the protest. Generally, A/E procurements, such as the one at issue in this protest, are conducted pursuant to special procedures established by the Brooks Act, 40 U.S.C. §§ 1102-1104, as implemented in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 36.6. Under the competitive procedures established by FAR subpart 36.6, the agency does not issue a solicitation, and competing firms do not submit proposals or quotations. FAR §§ 36.601-2, 36.603. Rather, the agency publishes a synopsis inviting capable firms to submit a Standard Form (SF) 330, Architect- Engineer Qualifications statement. FAR § 36.603(b). The agency then convenes an A/E evaluation board to review the submitted A/E qualifications statements, and

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