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B-422014.2 May 22, 2024 1 (2024-05-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaoqet0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAOU.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 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: Arkel International, LLC File: B-422014.2 Date: May 22, 2024 Adam Briscoe, Esq., and Todd R. Overman, Esq. Bass Berry & Sims, PLC, for the protester. Owen E. Salyers, Esq., and Douglas L. Patin, Esq., Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, for East Coast Technologies, LLC, the intervenor. Tudo N. Pham, Esq., Department of State, for the agency. Emily R. O'Hara, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging evaluation of awardee's technical proposal is denied where the solicitation did not require proof of authorization to do business in country of performance at time of proposal submission, and agency reasonably evaluated awardee's proposal in accordance with the terms of the solicitation. 2. Protest challenging awardee's responsibility is dismissed where protester fails to meet GAO's threshold for reviewing an agency's affirmative responsibility determination. 3. Protest challenging evaluation of awardee's price is denied, where agency's price realism analysis was reasonable. DECISION Arkel International, LLC, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, protests the award of a contract to East Coast Technologies, LLC (ECT), of Gaithersburg, Maryland, under request for proposals (RFP) No. 19GE50-23-R-0042, issued by the Department of State (DOS) for construction services to renovate the chief of missions residence in Suva, Fiji. The protester contends that the agency's evaluation of the awardee's technical and price proposals was unreasonable. We deny the protest.

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