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B-409632 1 (2014-06-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqjp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0Comptroller General ity * Integrity * Rellability 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. No party requested redactions; we are therefore releasing the decision in its entirety. Decision Matter of: American Systems Corporation File: B-409632 Date: June 23, 2014 Joseph G. Billings, Esq., and Katherine B. Hill, Esq., Miles & Stockbridge P.C., for the protester. Michael J. Kraycinovich, Esq., and Stephen Davis, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency. Paul N. Wengert, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency improperly rejected proposal that included paper copies of cost spreadsheets, but omitted electronic copy of subcontractor's spreadsheets, is denied where solicitation required submission of paper copies of proposal, as well as electronic copies of proposal that included formulas, to allow for evaluation of the subcontractor's proposed cost/price submission. DECISION American Systems Corporation (ASC), of Chantilly, Virginia, protests the rejection of its proposal as unacceptable by the Department of the Army, Program Executive Office, under request for proposals (RFP) No. W900KK-14-R-0014 for test instrumentation enterprise development and support (TIEDS) services. ASC argues that the Army improperly rejected the firm's proposal because the firm omitted an electronic copy of a subcontractor's pricing spreadsheets. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The Army issued the RFP on January 31, 2014, seeking proposals for the award of a single indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract, under which the Army will place fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee, or time-and-materials task orders. RFP at 27, 38. The RFP estimated the total value of the contract at $48 million, and provided for award to the firm whose proposal was deemed the best value, based on

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