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B-290971,B-290971.2,B-290971.4,B-290971.5 1 (2002-10-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacybt0001 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: Science Applications International Corporation File: B-290971, B-290971.2, B-290971.4, B-290971.5 Date: October 16, 2002 James J. McCullough, Esq., Deneen J. Melander, Esq., Steven A. Alerding, Esq., and Abram J. Pafford, Esq., Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, and Lawrence J. Ruggiero, Esq., Science Applications International Corporation, 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 1. Protest that contracting agency's evaluation of management and technical proposals was unreasonable is denied where the record shows that the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the stated evaluation criteria; disagreement with an agency's evaluation does not render it unreasonable. 2. Protest that contracting agency improperly rejected and adjusted upward protester's proposed direct labor rates and its proposed escalation rate is denied where the record shows that the agency's methodology and rationale for both its rejection of the proposed rates and its upward adjustments are reasonable under the circumstances. DECISION Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) 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. SAIC argues that the Navy improperly evaluated management, technical, and cost proposals and conducted an improper cost/technical tradeoff analysis. We deny the protests.

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