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B-284123.3 1 (2000-04-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptakzp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: -e GeAtOa E Comptroller General of the United States United States General Accounting Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Decision Matter of: Maritime Berthing, hie. File: B-284123.3 Date: April 27, 2000 Wm. Craig Dubishar, Esq., William L. Walsh, Jr., Esq., and Lars E. Anderson, Esq., Venable, Baetjer & Howard, for the protester. Harry R. Silver, Esq., Ober, Kaler, Grimes & Shriver, for Violet Dock Port, Inc., an intervenor. David G. Ranowsky, Esq., and George N. Brezna, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Charles W. Morrow, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST On a solicitation for ship layberth services to be awarded to the offeror submitting the low-priced, technically acceptable proposal, the agency's determination that the awardee's proposal met a requirement limiting allowable ship motions to 7 feet was unreasonable, even though the proposal on its face provided evidence that it did meet that requirement, where prior to completing the evaluation the agency's evaluators were apprised of significant countervailing evidence that should have given them reason to doubt whether the proposal complied with that requirement, that is, a report from the agency's on-site representative that the awardee's facility did not meet this requirement on an on-going contract, and where the record now demonstrates that the proposal contained insufficient information to determine c o mplianc e. DECISION Maritime Berthing, Inc. protests the award of a contract to Violet Dock Port, Inc. under Lot 1 of request for proposals (RFP) No. N00033-99-R-5303, issued by the Department of the Navy, Military Sealift Command (MSC), for layberth services. Maritime contends that Violet's facility cannot meet the RFP's minimum surge requirements and that MSC unreasonably determined that Violet's proposal was acceptable in this regard. We sustain the protest.

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