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B-422122.4,B-422122.5 Jan 15, 2025 1 (2025-01-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaormh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 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 redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: B.L. Harbert International, LLC File: B-422122.4; B-422122.5 Date: January 15, 2025 Sonia Tabriz, Esq., and Kyung Liu-Katz, Esq., Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, for the protester. Kathleen D. Martin, Esq., Department of State, for the agency. Charmaine A. Stevenson, Esq., and John Sorrenti, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of the protester's proposal is denied where the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. 2. Protest alleging that the agency conducted unequal and misleading discussions is denied where the record shows that the discussions alerted the protester to the agency's concerns and there is no evidence that the agency provided the awardee with more detail in discussions. 3. Protest alleging that the agency unequally evaluated proposals is denied where the record shows that any differences in the evaluation stemmed from a difference in proposals. 4. Protest challenging the source selection decision is denied where the record shows that the decision was reasonable, consistent with the terms of the solicitation, and identified the discriminators in the awardee's technical design that justified making award to the higher-priced offeror. DECISION B.L. Harbert International, LLC, of Birmingham, Alabama, protests the award of a contract to Caddell Construction Co. (DE), LLC, of Montgomery, Alabama, under request for proposals (RFP) No. 19AQMM-20-R0047 issued by the Department of State, Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO) for the design and construction of a new consulate compound in Adana, Turkey. The protester contends that the

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