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B-419966 Oct 06, 2021 1 (2021-10-06)

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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. The entire decision has
been approved for public release.
Matter of: Vet Industrial Inc.
File:      B-419966
Date:      October 6, 2021
Yuki Haraguchi, Esq., and Chidinma Okogbue, Esq., Holmes Pittman & Haraguchi, LLP,
for the protester.
Brian A. Darst, Esq., Brian A. Darst Attorney At Law, for Environet, Inc., the intervenor.
Alan M. Mygatt-Tauber, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency.
April Y. Shields, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
Protest is denied where the record shows that the agency's best-value tradeoff decision
was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation, and dismissed where
protester is not an interested party to raise other challenges because, even if
successful, the firm would not be next in line for award.
DECISION
Vet Industrial Inc., of Bremerton, Washington, protests the award of multiple indefinite-
delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) construction contracts to six firms1 under request for
proposals (RFP) No. N44255-18-R-5003, issued by the Department of the Navy, Naval
Facilities Engineering Systems Command, for new construction, repair, alteration,
demolition and renovation work. The protester challenges various aspects of the
agency's evaluation and best-value tradeoff decision.
We deny the protest in part and dismiss it in part.
1 The six successful firms were identified as: Advanced Technology Construction
Corporation, of Tacoma, Washington; Environet, Inc., of Kamuela, Hawaii; I.E. Pacific,
Inc., of Escondido, California; SeaPac Engineering, Inc., of Los Angeles, California;
Shape Construction Inc., of Poulsbo, Washington; and Veterans NW Construction, of
Seattle, Washington. Protest, exh. 6, Award Notice at 1; Agency Report (AR), exh. 12,
Source Selection Authority Decision Document (SSADD) for Phase Two at 3.

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