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B-420993.3 Apr 26, 2023 1 (2023-04-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaooow0001 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 D e s / ' +'a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: Aptim-Amentum Alaska Decommissioning, LLC File: B-420993.3 Date: April 26, 2023 Robert Nichols, Esq., Michael Bhargava, Esq., and Madison Plummer, Esq., Nichols Liu, LLP, for the protester. W. Barron A. Avery, Esq., Timothy P. Matthews, Esq., Clara Kollum, Esq., and Sarah- Jane Lorenzo, Esq., Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP, for Westinghouse Government Services, an intervenor. Michael T. Shields, Esq., and Jason H. Shippy, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency. Scott H. Riback, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging agency's evaluation of awardee's proposal is sustained, in part, where record shows that the proposal failed to meet a material requirement of the solicitation. 2. Protest challenging the adequacy and fairness of discussions conducted with the protester is denied where the record shows the agency met its obligation to conduct adequate and equal discussions. DECISION Aptim-Amentum Alaska Decommissioning, LLC (A3D), of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, protests the award of a contract to Westinghouse Government Services (WGS), of Hopkins, South Carolina, under request for proposals (RFP) No. W912DR-22-R-0027, issued by the Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, for the decommissioning and dismantlement of the SM-1A nuclear reactor facility located in Ft. Greeley, Alaska. A3D argues that the agency misevaluated the WGS proposal and also failed to engage in adequate, equal discussions with the firm. We sustain the protest in part, and deny it in part.