About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline
LOG IN
LOG IN

B-311123 1 (2008-04-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadavu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Decision Matter of: Wyle Laboratories, Inc. File: B-311123 Date: April 29, 2008 James P. Gallatin, Jr., Esq., Leigh T. Hansson, Esq., Gregory S. Jacobs, Esq., Steven D. Tibbets, Esq., and Nathan R. Fennessy, Esq., Reed Smith LLP, for the protester. Andre Long, Esq., and John McCollum, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Robert J. Symon, Esq., Douglas L. Patin, Esq., Michael S. Koplan, Esq., and Jeremy Becker-Welts, Esq., Bradley, Arent, Rose & White LLP, for the intervenor. Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., and Ralph 0. White, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Agency source selection evaluation board's (SSEB) rejection of a lower-level evaluation team's assessment of risk regarding the awardee's proposal is reasonably supported by the record, and the source selection authority's (SSA) reliance on the SSEB rating, rather than the rating of the lower-level evaluation team, was reasonable. 2. Agency's cost realism evaluation reasonably relied on the agency's estimate of labor rates where that estimate reflected the protester's own proposed rates for the predecessor contract, escalated to account for the passage of time, and the protester's contract manager advised agency personnel that the government's estimate of labor rates were still good. 3. Where SSA considered all of the evaluation record, including the reports of the various evaluation teams and the SSEB, which identified and described the various evaluated strengths and weaknesses of both offerors' proposals, the SSA's ultimate conclusion that the protester's higher-rated, higher-priced proposal did not represent the best value for the government was adequately documented and reasonably supported by the evaluation record.

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Contact us for annual subscription options:

Contact Us

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

Log In

profiles profiles most