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B-286012 1 (2000-11-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptalez0001 and id is 1 raw text is: t)Comptroller General of the United States United States General Accounting 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: Northrop Grumman Technical Services, Inc. File: B-286012; B-286012.2 Date: November 1, 2000 Thomas C. Wheeler, Esq., Richard P. Rector, Esq., and Sheila C. Stark, Esq., Piper Marbury Rudnick & Wolfe, for the protester. Carl J. Peckinpaugh, Esq., and Cheralyn S. Cameron, Esq., DynCorp Technical Services, Inc., an intervenor. Gregory H. Petkoff, Esq., Sharon A. Jenks, Esq., John D. Inazu, Esq., and Monica Ceruti, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Ralph 0. White, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protester's assertion that an agency failed to distinguish between offerors by assigning identical color and risk ratings under the mission capability and risk evaluation factors is denied where the record shows that the ratings assigned were reasonable, and where the selection official was apprised of the distinctions between the proposals and made his selection accordingly. 2. Contention by incumbent contractor that the awardee should have been assessed a risk of workforce disruption because it does not have a collective bargaining agreement with the incumbent workforce is denied where: (1) the agency reasonably concluded that this approach would provide an unfair advantage to the incumbent; (2) the awardee met its legal obligations under the Service Contract Act to match the wage and fringe benefits paid to incumbent employees under the agreement; and (3) the agency reasonably concluded, based on its review of the awardee's proposed approach, that the approach did not present a risk of disruption. DECISION Northrop Grumman Technical Services, Inc. (NG) protests the award of a contract to DynCorp Technical Services, Inc. by the Department of the Air Force pursuant to request for proposals (RFP) No. F41689-99-R-0028, issued to procure aircraft maintenance and base operating support services at Vance Air Force Base (AFB), Oklahoma. NG argues that the Air Force unreasonably selected DynCorp for award

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