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B-419213,B-419213.2 1 (2020-12-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaecjo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 1O o U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE A Century of Non-Partisan Fact-Based Work 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: Bodell Construction Company File: B-419213; B-419213.2 Date: December 28, 2020 Stowell B. Holcomb, Esq., Jackson Rosenfield LLP, for the protester. Stacy 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 1. Protest challenging agency's evaluation of proposals is denied where record shows agency's evaluation was reasonable and in accordance with the terms of the solicitation and applicable statutes and regulations. 2. Protest that agency engaged in unequal discussions is denied where record shows agency's discussions were consistent among offerors; an agency is not required to discuss every weakness identified in a proposal that results in the proposal receiving less than the maximum possible score. DECISION Bodell Construction Company, of Salt Lake City, Utah, protests the award of a contract to Nova Group, Inc., of Napa, California, under request for proposals (RFP) No. W9128F-20-R-0056, issued by the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, for the replacement of a hydrant fuel system at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota. Bodell argues that the agency misevaluated its proposal and failed to engage in equal discussions. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP contemplates the award, on a best-value tradeoff basis, of a fixed-price contract for a type III hydrant fuel system to be installed at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota. Proposals would be evaluated considering price and three non-price factors: contractor qualifications, past performance, and small business participation plan. Agency Report (AR), exh. 27, RFP at 38-39. Contractor qualifications was the

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