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B-414219 1 (2017-03-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadtgz0001 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: CJW-Desbuild JV, LLC File: B-414219 Date: March 17, 2017 Douglas L. Patin, Esq., Aron C. Beezley, Esq., and Lisa A. Markman, Esq., Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, for the protester. David A. Hearne, Esq., Outland, Gray, O'Keefe & Hubbard, for Ocean Construction Services, Inc., and Brian Hundertmark, Esq., Douglas A. Knight, Esq., and Eric S. Lammers, Esq., Garson Law LLC, for Edifice, LLC, the intervenors. Christine Tollefson, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Frank Maguire, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Where the protester failed to provide with its proposal a signed joint venture agreement, specifically required by the solicitation, the agency was not required to engage in clarifications to permit the protester to cure its failure to provide a required document. DECISION CJW Desbuild JV, LLC, of McLean, Virginia, protests the failure of the Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) to award it a contract under request for proposals (RFP) No. N40080-16-R-01 57, for construction services. The protester argues that the agency unreasonably rejected its proposal for failing to include a signed joint venture agreement. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP, issued on May 11, 2016, as a small business set-aside, provided for the award of up to six indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contracts for a base period of 12 months and two 1-year options. RFP at 1. Work to be performed under the contracts includes repairs, renovations, new construction and alterations

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