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B-412343.3 1 (2017-02-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadted0001 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 version has been approved for public release. D e c i s i o n - .-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . . .. Matter of: Construction Services Group, Inc. File: B-412343.3 Date: February 27, 2017 Eric B. Laquiere, Esq., Laquiere Law Firm, LLC, for the protester. Alan W. Bardell, Esq., Robert L. Magrini, Esq., Hayes Magrini & Gatewood, for Atkinson/Trend Joint Venture, the intervenor. Connie L. Baran, Esq., John E. Ballard, Esq., Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, for the agency. Eric M. Ransom, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest of the agency's technical evaluation is denied where the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the stated evaluation criteria. DECISION Construction Services Group, Inc. (CSG), of Charleston, South Carolina, protests the award of a contract to Atkinson/Trend Joint Venture (A/T), of Fayetteville, North Carolina, by the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, under request for proposals (RFP) No. W912HN-14-R-0026, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) set-aside for general construction services. CSG alleges that the agency's evaluation of proposals was inconsistent with the RFP and unreasonable, and that the agency's award decision was flawed. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The Army issued the RFP on October 31, 2014, as a two-phase procurement for design-build and design-bid-build general construction services, primarily for projects at lakes and dams locations in the Corps of Engineers' Savannah District area of responsibility. The RFP contemplated the award of single task order contract for a 2-year base period and three 1-year option periods, with a maximum total value of $45 million. The RFP established that the award would be made on a

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