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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: Camber Corporation
File: B-293930; B-293930.2
Date: July 7, 2004
Alan M. Grayson, Esq., Ira E. Hoffman, Esq., and Mark R. Mann, Esq., Grayson, Kubli
& Hoffman, for the protester.
Robert J. Symon, Esq., and Christyne K. Brennan, Esq., Spriggs & Hollingsworth, for
Sverdrup Technology, Inc., an intervenor.
Jeffrey I. Kessler, Esq., and Joseph M. Shemke, Esq., U.S. Army Materiel Command,
for the agency.
Paul E. Jordan, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
1. Evaluation finding that protester's initial quotation was unrealistic was
unobjectionable where agency reasonably concluded that protester's allocation of
labor hours [deleted] resulted in lower than historical composite rates and was
inconsistent with proposed startup plan [deleted].
2. Where agency reasonably determined that vendors' quotations were technically
equivalent notwithstanding protester's advantage as the incumbent under single
technical factor, agency properly considered price as the determining factor in its
best value decision.
DECISION
Camber Corporation protests the award of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) to
Sverdrup Technology, Inc. (STI) under request for quotations (RFQ) No. DAAEO7-03-
Q-N287, issued by the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command for
program and engineering services. Camber questions the manner in which
discussions were conducted, and challenges the price realism evaluation and the
source selection decision.
We deny the protest.](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobacysn0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)