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B-291594.3 1 (2003-10-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacynk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: il 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: Marine Hydraulics International, Inc. File: B-291594.3 Date: October 3, 2003 Robert E. Korroch, Esq., and Michael J. Gardner, Esq., Williams Mullen, for the protester. Frederick W. Claybrook, Jr., Esq., Edward R. Murray, Esq., and Daniel R. Forman, Esq., Crowell & Moring, for Metro Machine Corporation, an intervenor. Rhonda L. Russ, Esq., Katherine A. Andrias, Esq., and Stephen P. Anderson, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Where solicitation for cost-reimbursement contract required offerors to provide supporting rationale for proposed costs and protester failed to provide credible support for its proposed staffing levels, as confirmed by hearing testimony provided by protester's personnel, agency reasonably increased protester's proposed staffing levels, for cost evaluation purposes, with regard to tasks the agency considered understaffed. 2. Agency conducted meaningful discussions with protester where it identified every work item the agency believed to be understaffed and sought additional information from the protester regarding the bases for its staffing calculations. 3. Where solicitation for cost-reimbursement contract to perform ship repairs advised offerors that prior contracts involving drydocking and contracts performed on a cost-reimbursement basis would be more relevant for purposes of evaluating past performance, agency properly considered those factors in determining the

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