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B-309964 1 (2007-11-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptauiz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: A G A O 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: ITT Industries Space Systems, LLC File: B-309964; B-309964.2 Date: November 9, 2007 Kevin P. Connelly, Esq., Joseph J. Dyer, Esq., Grace Bateman, Esq., Jon B. Crocker, Esq., Heather L. Pitz, Esq., and Amanda B. Weiner, Esq., Seyfarth Shaw LLP, for the protester. Scott Arnold, Esq., Bradley Wine, Esq., Joseph Berger, Esq., Austin Fulk, Esq., and Justin A. Chiarodo, Esq., Dickstein Shapiro LLP, for Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., an intervenor. Vincent A. Salgado, Esq., James T. Mahoney, Esq., Daniel Hymer, Esq., and Laura M. Giza, Esq., National Aeronautics and Space Administration, for the agency. Edward Goldstein, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging evaluation of proposals and source selection decision is denied where record demonstrates that the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation, and protester's arguments amount to mere disagreement with agency's conclusions. 2. Agency's failure to address Defense Contract Audit Agency qualification of audit results regarding awardee's cost proposal due to awardee's noncompliance with cost accounting standards was not prejudicial where agency demonstrated that awardee's noncompliance would not result in any increased costs to the government. DECISION ITT Industries Space Systems, LLC protests the award of a contract to Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. (BATC) under request for proposals (RFP) No. NNG07177439R, issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for the operational land imager instrument for the Landsat Data Continuity Mission. ITT argues that NASA improperly evaluated its proposal as well as that of the awardee, failed to conduct meaningful discussions with ITT, and, as a consequence, the award decision was flawed. We deny the protest.

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