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B-414261 1 (2017-04-11)

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          G     A    O                                                   Comptroller General
A       Accountabilty * Integrity * Reliability                          of the United States
  United States Government Accountability Office
  Washington, DC 20548
                                                                 DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
                                                              The decision issued on the date below was subject to
           Decision                                            a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has
                                                               been approved for public release.
                                                             .......................................................................................................................

           Matter of:  Anders Construction, Inc.

           File:       B-414261

           Date:       April 11,2017

           Sean T. McLaughlin, Esq., Kean Miller LLP, for the protester.
           Thomas J. Warren, Esq., Capt. Zachary Jacobson, and David R. Dyer, Esq.,
           Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, for the agency.
           Todd C. Culliton, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
           GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
           DIGEST

           Where solicitation required proposals to include resumes with a complete listing of
           training and experience, and documentation proving that divers had completed a
           minimum of four dives, with at least one dive occurring in the most recent nine
           months, the agency reasonably evaluated protester's proposal as technically
           unacceptable where it did not meet either requirement.
           DECISION

           Anders Construction, Inc., of Harvey, Louisiana, protests the award of a contract to
           Specialty Diving of Louisiana, Inc., of Loranger, Louisiana, under request for
           proposals (RFP) No. W912P8-16-R-0005, issued by the Department of the Army,
           Corps of Engineers, for professional diving services. Anders alleges that the
           agency improperly evaluated its proposal as technically unacceptable.

           We deny the protest.

           BACKGROUND

           The RFP, issued on July 22, 2016, as a small business set-aside, contemplated the
           award of a fixed-price indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for professional
           diving services to be performed over a 1-year period and four 1-year option periods,
           with a ceiling value of $2 million. Contracting Officer's Statement at 1. Specific
           services contemplated included the investigation, surveying, and removal of
           designated obstructions and sunken vessels. RFP Performance Work Statement
           (PWS) T 1. The services will be performed in support of navigation, flood control,

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