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B-311420.2 1 (2009-03-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadava0001 and id is 1 raw text is: JiL AL A - G A O Comptroller General f.l! Accountabii1ty * 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 aprvdfor public release. Decision Matter of: AAA Mobile Showers, Inc. File: B-311420.2 Date: March 27, 2009 John Lukjanowicz, Esq., Law Offices of John Lukjanowicz, for the protester. Dale A. Elevatorski, A-1 Water; Leon Hammons, Ben Porta Showers; and Tera Green, Ben Toilet Rentals, Inc., the intervenors. Heather M. Self, Esq., Department of Agriculture, for the agency. Cherie J. Owen, Esq., and Ralph 0. White, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protester's contention that agency misevaluated the protester's proposal by imposing evaluation criteria not set forth in the solicitation and failing to consider proposal revisions is denied where the record demonstrates that the agency's evaluation was consistent with evaluation criteria and otherwise reasonable. 2. Agency provided meaningful discussions where, after observing equipment's failure to meet all minimum equipment requirements, it informed protester orally that the equipment did not meet minimum requirements and provided written assessments from an on-site inspection identifying concerns about the equipment's drainage issues. DECISION AAA Mobile Showers, Inc., of Placerville, California, protests its nonselection for contracts for mobile shower facility units under request for proposals (RFP) No. AG- 024B-S-07-0005, issued by the Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service. AAA contends that the Forest Service's evaluation of its proposal was unreasonable and that the agency failed to conduct meaningful discussions with the protester. We deny the protest.