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B-290971.3,B-290971.6 1 (2002-10-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacybs0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Il im G A 0Comptroller General --- --Accountability * Integrity * Reliability 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: EER Systems, Inc. File: B-290971.3, B-290971.6 Date: October 23, 2002 Patricia H. Wittie, Esq., Leigh T. Hansson, Esq., David T. Hickey, Esq., and Richard L. Moorhouse, Esq., Reed Smith, for the protester. Thomas P. Barletta, Esq., Daniel C. Sauls, Esq., Robert A. Bailey, Esq., and Paul R. Hurst, Esq., Steptoe & Johnson, for Veridian Engineering, Inc., an intervenor. Joseph Boggs, Esq., Naval Air Warfare Center, for the agency. Tania Calhoun, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protests that contracting agency's evaluation of management and technical proposals was unreasonable are denied where the record shows that the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the stated evaluation criteria; protest that contracting agency's cost realism analysis of offerors' cost proposals was unreasonable is denied where the record shows that the agency's methodology and rationale for its analysis were reasonable. DECISION EER Systems, Inc. protests the award of a contract to Veridian Engineering, Inc., under request for proposals (RFP) No. N68936-01-R-0079, issued by the Department of the Navy, Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD), to obtain scientific, technical, administrative, and research, development, test, and evaluation services. EER argues that the Navy improperly evaluated technical and cost proposals and conducted an improper cost/technical tradeoff analysis and source selection decision. We deny the protests. The solicitation was issued on January 10, 2002, to acquire the services and materials necessary to support the analysis, design, development, test, integration, deployment and operations of information technology systems and services that sustain the research, development, test and evaluation, and business/administrative functions in support of the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division. RFP § C. 1.0.1. The

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