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G- AOU.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:  4K Global-ACC  JV, LLC

File:       B-423092

Date:       January 15, 2025

Joey R. Floyd, Esq., Bruner, Powell, Wall & Mullins, LLC, for the protester.
Peter B. Ford, Esq., Eric A. Valle, Esq., and Kelly A. Kirchgasser, Esq., PilieroMazza,
PLLC, for Roundhouse PBN  - Tepa EC 2 JV, the intervenor.
Phillip T. Paradise, Esq. , Department of the Army, for the agency.
Samantha  S. Lee, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protest challenging the agency's rejection of the protester's proposal is denied where
the agency reasonably concluded that the protester's project labor agreement did not
meet minimum  requirements.
DECISION

4K Global - ACC JV, LLC (4K Global), a small business of Augusta, Georgia, protests
the award of a contract to Roundhouse PBN - Tepa EC 2 JV (Roundhouse PBN), a
small business of Warner Robins, Georgia, under solicitation No. W912HN24R3006,
issued by the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers (Corps) for building repairs.
The protester contends that the agency unreasonably found the firm's proposal
ineligible for award.

We  deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

On August 4, 2024, the Corps issued the request for proposals (RFP) as a small
business set-aside, using the procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)