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B-416597.4 1 (2019-01-24)

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GAOU.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
441 G St. N.W.                                                 Comptroller General
Washington, DC 20548                                            of the United States




Decision


Matter of:  Battistella S.p.A.

File:       B-416597.4

Date:       January 24, 2019

Monica Battistella, Battistella S.p.A., for the protester.
Richard B. Oliver, Esq., Glenn Sweatt, Esq., and J. Matthew Carter, Esq., Pillsbury
Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, for Environmental Chemical Corporation Italy srl, the
intervenor.
Major Ronald Herrmann, Department of the Army, 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

Protest is denied where the agency's evaluation and source selection decision were
consistent with the terms of the solicitation and applicable procurement statutes and
regulations.
DECISION

Battistella S.p.A., of Vincenza, Italy, protests the agency's failure to award the firm a
contract under request for proposals (RFP) No. W912PF-1 8-R-0003, issued by the
Department of the Army for a multiple-award task order contract (MATOC) to provide
design-build and design-bid-build construction services in Vincenza, Italy. Battistella
alleges that the agency unreasonably evaluated its proposal and improperly made its
source selection decision.

We deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

The RFP, issued on April 5, 2018, contemplated the award of up to five
indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contracts for design-build and
design-bid-build construction services to support the U.S. Army Garrison Vincenza
mission. Contracting Officer's Statement of Facts (COS) at 1; RFP at 6, 65. The
selected contractors would be required to construct a new chiller, cooling tower, and
associated pumps. Statement of Work (SOW) at 2. Each contract would be performed

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