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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: PWC Logistics Services Company KSC(c)
File: B-310559
Date: January 11, 2008
DECISION
PWC Logistics Services Company KSC(c) protests the award of a contract to Anham,
LLC, under request for proposals (RFP) No. W91GXZ-07-R-0011, issued by the Joint
Contracting Command--Iraq/Afghanistan, for the operation and maintenance of two
wholesale distribution center warehouse and staging area operations. The protester
argues that the agency's evaluation and selection of Anham's proposal for award
were unreasonable.
We dismiss the protest because of a violation of the terms of the GAO protective
order issued in connection with this protest and other actions by the protester
inconsistent with the integrity of GAO's bid protest process.
The RFP provided for the award of a cost-plus-award-fee, indefinite-delivery
indefinite-quantity contract, with certain fixed-price elements, on a best-value
basis. The source selection official selected Anham's proposal with an evaluated
cost/price of $115,267,083 (the lowest evaluated cost/price) for award. Agency
Report, Tab 12, Source Selection Decision, at 5. PWC's proposal was higher-rated
than Anham's and higher-priced, with an evaluated cost/price of $[DELETED]. In its
protest, PWC primarily argues that the agency failed, in its evaluation of Anham's
proposal, to perform reasonable cost and price realism analyses, and that the agency
essentially, and improperly, awarded the contract to Anham as the offeror submitting
the low-priced, technically acceptable proposal.
Pursuant to our Bid Protest Regulations, 4 C.F.R. § 21.4(a) (2007), our Office issued a
protective order in connection with this protest that allowed for the limited release,
to those individuals admitted to the order, of protected information, such as
proprietary, confidential, or source-selection-sensitive material, as well as other
information, the release of which could result in a competitive advantage to one or
more firms. Protective Order, Oct. 17, 2007. In this regard, our Office, based upon
our review of the applications submitted and in the absence of any objection,](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobadagk0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)