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




Decision


Matter of:   LA TERMICA Srl

File:     B-416964.2; B-416964.3

Date:     January 30, 2019

Salvatore Cino, Esq., for the protester.
Kenneth Jerome Rich, Sr., Esq., and Patricia Windon Walter, Esq., Department of the
Navy, for the agency.
Alexander 0. Levine, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General
Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

1. Protest challenging price evaluation is denied where the agency evaluated price
reasonableness in accordance with the stated evaluation criteria and where the
solicitation did not require a price realism analysis.

2. Protest challenging the adjectival ratings assigned to protester's proposal is denied
where the protester's objections did not rise beyond disagreement with the agency's
evaluation judgment.
DECISION

LA TERMICA Srl (La Termica), of Naples, Italy, protests the award of design-
build/design-bid-build construction contracts to five firms under request for proposals
(RFP) No. N33191-16-R-1 022, issued by the Department of the Navy for new
construction, renovation, alteration, and repair projects at Naval Support Activity Naples,
Italy and surrounding areas.1 The protester contends that the agency conducted a
flawed price evaluation, assigned unreasonable adjectival ratings to La Termica's
proposal, failed to properly evaluate one of the awardees' construction certificates, and



1 The five firms are as follows: ICM S.p.A, of Vicenza, Italy; Consorzio Stabile Appalti
Pubblici (COSAP), of Naples, Italy; SEB. Co Costruzioni di Sebastianelli Gaetano & C.
S.a.s (SEB), of Naples, Italy; Edilem S.R.L, of Naples, Italy; and Co.PEL. S.r.I, of Villa di
Briano Caserta, Italy.

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