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B-416980,B-416980.2 1 (2019-01-16)

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

                                                     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:   Bristol Environmental Remediation Services, LLC

File:        B-416980; B-416980.2

Date:        January 16, 2019

S. Lane Tucker, Esq., Stoel Rives LLP, for the protester.
Stacy K. Birkel, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency.
Scott H. Riback, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protest challenging agency's evaluation of protester's proposal is sustained where
record shows agency's evaluation was unreasonable and inconsistent with the terms of
the solicitation.
DECISION

Bristol Environmental Remediation Services, Inc., of Anchorage, Alaska, protests the
rejection of its proposal under request for proposals (RFP) No. W9128F-16-R-0027,
issued by the Department of the Army, U.S. Corps of Engineers for environmental
remediation and munitions response services. Bristol argues that the agency
unreasonably rejected its proposal.

We sustain the protest.

BACKGROUND

The RFP1 was set aside for exclusive participation among eligible section 8(a) small
businesses and contemplates the award of up to 10 fixed-price, multiple-award,
indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity task-order contracts. Award was to be made on a
best-value tradeoff basis, considering price and several non-price considerations. The
non-price considerations, listed in descending order of importance, were: previous


1 All citations to the RFP in this decision are to agency report (AR) exh. 15, identified by
the agency as the solicitation as amended.

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