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B-413258 1 (2016-09-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadsno0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 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: RQ Construction, LLC File: B-413258 Date: September 7, 2016 David S. Demian, Esq., and Christopher R. Sillari, Esq., Finch, Thornton & Baird, LLP, for the protester. Richard J. Pinto, Esq., Robert J. Marks, APC, for Straub Construction, Inc., the intervenor. Deana Jaeger, Esq., and Paul Clay, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Charmaine A. Stevenson, Esq., and Laura Eyester, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that the agency unreasonably found proposal unacceptable under the experience factor is denied where the agency reasonably concluded the protester did not satisfy the minimum requirements to demonstrate relevant experience under the terms of the solicitation. DECISION RQ Construction, LLC, of Carlsbad, California, protests the award of a contract to Straub Construction, Inc., of Fallbrook, California, under request for proposals (RFP) No. N62473-16-R-4602, issued by the Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, for modernization and construction of an addition to an existing hangar for the F-35C Fleet Replacement Squadron at the Naval Air Station Lemoore in Kings County, California. The protester contends that the agency improperly evaluated its proposal as unacceptable under the experience factor. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The solicitation, issued on January 31, 2016, provided for award to the lowest- priced, technically acceptable offer. RFP at 10. The RFP further provided that, to be considered for award, an offeror's proposal was required to be rated acceptable

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