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B-418403 1 (2020-03-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaeawf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 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 1been approved for public release. Matter of: Pond Constructors, Inc. File: B-418403 Date: March 23, 2020 David A. Rose, Esq., Law Offices of Rose Consulting, LLC, for the protester. Scott Arnold, Esq., Justin A. Chiarodo, Esq., Adam Proujansky, Esq., Michael Montalbano, Esq., Tjasse L. Fritz, Esq., and David M. Nadler, Esq., Blank Rome LLP, for Louis Berger Hawthorne Services, Inc., the intervenor. Jennifer Bowmar, Esq., and Michael Graves, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency. Robert T. Wu, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of the protester's quotation and best-value tradeoff decision is denied where the record shows the agency's evaluation was reasonable and in accordance with the stated evaluation criteria. DECISION Pond Constructors, Inc., of Peachtree Corners, Georgia, protests the issuance of a task order to Louis Berger Hawthorne Services, Inc. (LBHS), of Greenville, South Carolina, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. W912DY-19-R-0040 issued by the Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), for maintenance and repair services of overseas petroleum facilities. Pond challenges the agency's evaluation of its quotation and the best-value tradeoff decision. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFQ, issued on August 23, 2019 using the procedures set forth in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 8.4, sought quotations from vendors holding General Services Administration Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) 03FAC (facilities maintenance and management) contracts to obtain recurring maintenance and minor repair services for petroleum facilities on government installations in the South Pacific.

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