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B-420326 Feb 01, 2022 1 (2022-02-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaomsg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States Decision Matter of: Doore Tour Company, Ltd. File: B-420326 Date: February 1, 2022 Jang Suk Suh, Esq., for the protester. Major Weston E. Borkenhagen and Captain Timothy M. McLister, Department of the Army, 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 that the agency improperly evaluated the protester's price is denied where the record shows that the agency's evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. DECISION Doore Tour Company, Ltd., of the Republic of Korea, protests the award of a contract to Kumkang Express Tour Company, Ltd., also of the Republic of Korea, under request for proposals (RFP) No. W91 QVN-21-R-0003, issued by the Department of the Army for shuttle bus services. The protester primarily challenges the evaluation of its price. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On December 9, 2020, the agency issued the RFP pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) part 12, acquisition of commercial items, and part 15, contracting by negotiation. Agency Report (AR), Tab 3, RFP.1 The RFP seeks a contractor to provide 1 The agency amended the RFP four times; all citations are to the Adobe PDF page numbers of the documents provided by the agency and the protester. We also note that, shortly after Doore filed its protest, our Office issued a protective order pursuant to our Bid Protest Regulations, 4 C.F.R. § 21.4(a), because it appeared that counsel for the protester would require access to proprietary, confidential, or source-selection-

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