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B-417210,B-417210.2,B-417210.3 1 (2019-03-29)

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GAO U.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:  Williams Building Company, Inc.

File:       B-417210; B-417210.2; B-417210.3

Date:       March 29, 2019

Kevin M. Cox, Esq., Camardo Law Firm, PC, for the protester.
Matthew T. Schoonover, Esq., Shane J. McCall, Esq., and Haley E. Claxton, Esq.,
Koprince Law, LLC, for Monument Construction, LLC, the intervenor.
Deborah K. Morrell, Esq., and Donald C. Mobly, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs,
for the agency.
Evan C. Williams, Esq., and Amy B. Pereira, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protest challenging the evaluation of the awardee's proposal is denied where record
shows that the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the
solicitation.
DECISION

Williams Building Company, Inc. (Williams), a service-disabled veteran-owned small
business (SDVOSB),  of West Yarmouth, Massachusetts, protests the award of a
contract to Monument Construction, LLC (Monument), of Nashua, New Hampshire,
under request for proposals (RFP) No. 36E77618ROO62, issued by the Department of
Veterans Affairs (VA) for construction services at the VA medical center (VAMC) in
Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. The protester argues that the agency unreasonably
found the awardee's proposal to be technically acceptable.

We  deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

On June 15, 2018, the VA issued the RFP as a SDVOSB set-aside, under the
provisions of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) parts 15 and 36, for the construction
of an addition to the research facility at the Jamaica Plain VAMC. RFP at 1; Agency
Report (AR), Tab 8, Source Selection Decision Document (SSDD), at 1. The RFP
contemplated the award of a fixed-price contract to provide all labor, materials,

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