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B-420165,B-420165.2 Dec 22, 2021 1 (2021-12-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaomoz0001 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: The Ginn Group, Inc. File: B-420165; B-420165.2 Date: December 22, 2021 Nathan Hartland, Esq., Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, for the protester. Peter B. Ford, Esq., Katherine B. Burrows, Esq., Meghan F. Leemon, Esq., and Anna R. Wright, Esq., Piliero Mazza PLLC, for Government Contracting Resources, Inc., the intervenor. Robert G. Palmer, Esq., and Luke F. Killam, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Sarah T. Zaffina, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protester's allegation that during discussions the agency misleadingly encouraged it to increase staffing is denied where the agency raised concerns during discussions about the protester's low labor hours and asked the protester to either revise its hours or provide additional support for its labor hours, and the protester made a business decision to increase labor hours. 2. Protest that agency should have assigned protester's proposal an additional strength reflects the protester's disagreement with the agency's evaluation judgment, and provides no basis for sustaining the protest. 3. Agency's selection of a lower-rated, lower-priced proposal for award is unobjectionable where the agency's tradeoff decision was reasonable, and where the agency adequately documented its tradeoff rationale. DECISION The Ginn Group, Inc. (Ginn), a service-disabled, veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB), of Peachtree City, Georgia, challenges the award of a contract to Government Contracting Resources, Inc. (GCR), an SDVOSB of Pinehurst, North Carolina, under request for proposals (RFP) No. N6945021 R0056, issued by the Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Command for base operations support (BOS) services. The protester asserts that the agency failed to conduct

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