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                    1Oo 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:   BB Government  Services Srl

File:        B-419205.3

Date:     March 15, 2021

Kate H. Kennedy, Esq., Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, for the protester.
Major Darren S. Gilkes, Erika Whelan Retta, Esq., and Colonel Patricia S. Wiegman-
Lenz, Department of the Air Force, for the agency.
Kasia Dourney, Esq., and Evan C. Williams, 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 technical proposal is
denied where the record shows that the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with
the solicitation's evaluation criteria.
DECISION

BB Government   Services Srl (BB) of Vicenza, Italy, protests the award of indefinite-
delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) construction contracts to four other firms under
request for proposals (RFP) No. FA5682-19-R-A001, issued by the Department of the
Air Force for construction, design-build, and design-bid-build services at Aviano Air
Base and  other air bases in Italy. BB challenges the agency's evaluation of its technical
proposal.

We  deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

On August  28, 2019, the Air Force issued the RFP seeking proposals to provide
construction, design-build, and design-bid-build services at Aviano and other air bases
in Italy. Agency Report (AR), Tab 7, RFP at 1; AR, Tab 18, Statement of Work at 3.
The RFP  anticipated award of approximately six fixed-price multiple-award IDIQ
construction contracts, each for a base year and four 1-year option periods. AR,
Tab 17, RFP  § Mat 1.

The solicitation advised that the agency would evaluate proposals considering the
following factors: technical acceptability, past performance, and price. Id. at 2. The

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