On February 26, GLDD filed the instant protest with our Office. After the agency evaluated Cashman as a responsible bidder and as satisfying the definitive responsibility criteria, the agency awarded Cashman the contract and notified GLDD that its bid was unsuccessful. The relevant bid prices and the IGE were as follows:ĪR, Ex. 0007 at 1.Īt bid opening, the agency received three bids, with Cashman bidding the lowest price and GLDD bidding the second lowest price. All bidders were required to submit their bids by January 29, 2018. The selected bidder would also be required to meet three definitive responsibility criteria, discussed further below.
The selected bidder would be required to dredge ordinary and hard material to various depths with the lowest depth being -51 feet Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW). The IFB was issued on November 16, 2017, for the deepening and strategic widening of the Boston Harbor Federal Navigation Project to be completed over a 1,246-day period. GLDD alleges that the agency unreasonably evaluated the awardee’s bid as satisfying the solicitation’s definitive responsibility criteria and improperly conducted its affirmative responsibility determination, and further alleges that the internal government cost estimate (IGE) was unrealistically low. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, LLC (GLDD), of Oak Brook, Illinois, protests the award of a contract to Cashman/Dutra, JV (Cashman) under invitation for bids (IFB) No. W912WJ‑18‑B‑0004, issued by the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers (Corps), for dredging services in the Boston Harbor. Protest challenging the agency’s calculation of the independent government estimate is dismissed where the protester is not an interested party to maintain that allegation. Protest challenging agency’s affirmative responsibility determination is denied where the record does not show that the contracting officer ignored information in making the determination.ģ. Protest challenging agency’s evaluation of awardee’s bid under definitive responsibility criteria is denied where the record contained sufficient evidence that the awardee satisfied the criteria.Ģ. Culliton, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.ġ. Kiersten Haugen, Esq., Kathleen Pendergast, Esq., and John Astley, III, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency. Harrison, Esq., Crowell & Moring LLP, for Cashman/Dutra, JV, an intervenor. Conroy, Esq., Steptoe & Johnson LLP, for the protester. Hurst, Esq., Kendall Enyard, Esq., Michael J.
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