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B-294337 1 (2004-10-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacyvh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I G A 0Comptroller General .. . .Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Decision Matter of: AIA-Todini-Lotos File: B-294337 Date: October 15, 2004 Michael A. Lewis, Esq., Braude & Margulies, for the protester. Damon Martin, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging agency's evaluation of protester's joint venture proposal is denied where agency (1) reasonably identified risk based on the new joint venture partners' lack of experience working together; (2) reasonably identified risk consistent with the evaluation criteria concerning lack of coordinated oversight among the joint venture partners; and (3) reasonably disregarded two of protester's alternative construction schedules that did not follow the critical path method prescribed in the solicitation. Record does not indicate whether agency adequately considered protester's third early completion schedule; however, even maximum credit for that schedule would not sufficiently raise protester's score to establish prejudice. DECISION AIA-Todini-Lotos (ATL) protests the award of a contract under request for proposals (RFP) No. N33191-02-R-1078, issued by the Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Command to the Cooperative Muratori e Cementisi-C.M.C. di Ravenna (CMC) for construction of the MEGA 4 project at the Naval Support Activity, Sigonella, Italy. ATL challenges the Navy's evaluation of its proposal and the source selection decision. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP was issued on May 6, 2004 and contemplated the award of a fixed-price contract for construction of a new elementary and high school facility, temporary