ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Michael Baker Jr., Inc., an engineering unit of Michael Baker Corporation , has announced that it has been informed that the bid protest filed by Alltech, Inc., a subsidiary of Parsons Brinckerhoff, with the Government Accountability Office (GAO), challenging the award of Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Housing Inspection Services contract to Baker, has been dismissed by the GAO as a result of FEMA proposing to take corrective action.
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On June 15, 2006, Baker announced it had been awarded a five-year, up to $750 million, program management and individual housing inspection services contract by FEMA. On June 30, 2006, Baker announced it had been previously informed by FEMA that Alltech, Inc., had filed a bid protest with GAO and that FEMA had invoked a "stop work order" under the terms of the contract for a period of up to 100 days or until GAO issues its decision.
FEMA's corrective actions include re-evaluating Baker's proposal and those of the other two offerors in the competitive range. Baker expects the stop work order under the terms of the contract to remain in effect until the re- evaluation process is complete. FEMA has not established a schedule for completion of the re-evaluation.
Michael Baker Corporation (http://www.mbakercorp.com/) provides engineering and operations and maintenance services for its clients' most complex challenges worldwide. The firm's primary practice areas are aviation, environmental, facilities, geospatial information technologies, pipelines & telecommunications, transportation, water/wastewater, and oil & gas. With more than 5,000 employees in over 40 offices across the United States and internationally, Baker is focused on providing services that span the complete life cycle of infrastructure and managed asset projects.
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