With respect to Pacific’s objection, we stated that we would not direct the agency to limit the scope of its corrective action. Id.īecause the agency’s corrective action rendered Vigor’s protest academic, we dismissed the protest. The protester objected to any attempt by the agency to permit price revisions. Specifically, Pacific objected to the agency’s reservation of rights, and argued that the scope of the corrective action should be limited to the reevaluation of proposals with respect to the specific, non-price issues raised in Vigor’s protest. Pacific objected to the agency’s proposed corrective action. The agency also “reserve the right to take any other corrective action as deemed appropriate including, but not limited to, conducting exchanges.” Id. In response to Vigor’s protest, the agency informed our Office that it would take corrective action by “reexamin its evaluation of the non-price factors based on the allegations raised by the protester and a new award decision.” Revised Notice of Corrective Action, B‑420587, B-420587.2, Maat 1. In a supplemental protest, Vigor further argued that the agency had improperly evaluated both offerors under the resource capability and schedule factor, and that the agency’s best-value tradeoff was unreasonable. Vigor argued that the agency had unreasonably evaluated Pacific under the past performance factor. On March 9, Vigor protested the award to Pacific with our Office. See AR, Tab 5, Responses to Vigor Enhanced Debriefing Questions at 2. As part of Vigor’s debriefing, and in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation section 15.506(d)(2), the agency disclosed Pacific’s total evaluated price to Vigor, including Pacific’s price for base work items, its price for additional “growth” work items, and its price for option work items. The agency received proposals from Pacific and Vigor Marine, LLC, and issued a delivery order to Pacific on February 18, 2022. The non-price factors, when combined, were approximately equal in importance to price. The FOPR provided that award would be made on a best-value tradeoff basis, considering price, resource capability and schedule, and past performance. See Agency Report (AR), Tab 2, FOPR at 1. The FOPR sought to issue a delivery order for work to be performed on the USS Michael Murphy, referred to as a docking selected restricted availability. Contracting Officer’s Statement and Memorandum of Law (COS/MOL) at 2. On September 2, 2021, the Navy issued the FOPR to holders of a multiple award, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract for repair, maintenance, and modernization of surface ships located in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The protester contends that the agency has unreasonably permitted offerors to revise their price proposals. N32253-22-F-0025, issued for ship repair, maintenance, and upgrading services. Our companies share a common goal: providing world-class maritime and industrial services to support our customers and strengthen the communities where we live and work.Pacific Shipyards International, LLC, of Honolulu, Hawaii, protests the corrective action taken by the Department of the Navy, Naval Sea Systems Command, in response to a prior protest under fair opportunity proposal request (FOPR) No. We're serious about safety and environmental stewardship. We minimize barriers and respond quickly to market conditions and customers' needs. We hold every employee accountable for success: theirs, ours, and our customers. We value training, hard work, and smart thinking. We're privately owned and publicly minded. The tighter tolerance and the more complex the better. We fabricate heavy, high complexity projects from structural bridge girders to nuclear containment devices, from dam lift gates to space launch complex towers. From small fishing boats to the country’s largest catcher processors, from basic barges to state-of-the-art articulated tug and barge sets, from offshore supply vessels to floating drill rigs, and from aircraft carriers to cruise ships, Vigor’s ship repair teams can tackle any repair project, where our customers need us, when they need us. Our shipbuilding experts live for the challenge of delivering new vessels on time and on budget. We build fishing boats, tugs, ferries, barges, fireboats, high performance combatant crafts and a variety of aluminum workboats. With twelve locations and more than 2,500 workers Vigor is the leading provider of shipbuilding, ship repair and complex fabrication in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. 2 from 7 New Build Shipyards in North America West Coast
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