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B-422634 Sep 05, 2024 1 (2024-09-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaoqto0001 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 DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to Decision a GAO Protective Order. This version has been approved for public release. Matter of: Ashton Marine Company File: B-422634 Date: September 5, 2024 David A. Rose, Esq., Rose Consulting Law Firm, for the protester. Ian McDaniel, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency. Uri R. Yoo, Esq., and Alexander 0. Levine, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging agency's elimination of protester's proposal from competition is denied where the record shows that the agency reasonably determined that the protester failed to provide a required resume for a key person. 2. Protest that agency conducted discussions in a manner that was not meaningful or equal is denied where the record shows that the agency reasonably advised the protester of the agency's concerns with the protester's proposal and treated offerors in an even-handed manner. DECISION Ashton Marine Company, a small business of Muskegon, Michigan, protests the award of a contract to Midwest Construction Company, LLC, a small business of Nebraska City, Nebraska, under request for proposals (RFP) No. W912P624R0006, issued by the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers for the delivery of armor stone to six Lake Michigan harbors. The protester contends that the agency unreasonably eliminated Ashton's proposal from the competition and failed to conduct meaningful and equal discussions. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On February 14, 2024, the agency issued the RFP pursuant to the procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) part 15, seeking proposals to provide armor stone for breakwater repairs at six harbors of Lake Michigan, located in Wisconsin, Illinois,

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