Shumaker Trucking and Excavating Contractors, Inc. protests the award of a contract to URS Group, Inc., under request for proposals (RFP) No. R1-11-02-001, issued by the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, for the reclamation of the New World Mine in Park County, Montana. Shumaker alleges that the evaluation of its technical proposal was unreasonable and that the agency's selection decision...

Challenge to agency's evaluation of protester's proposal is denied where the record shows that the agency reasonably evaluated the protester's proposal in accordance with the solicitation's evaluation factors. 2. Higher priced proposal is unreasonable where the record shows that the agency mechanically applied the solicitation's evaluation methodology. Shumaker alleges that the evaluation of its t...