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B-400093.4,B-400093.5 1 (2008-10-16)

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         G    A     0Comptroller General
c      Accountability * Integrity * Reliability                      of the United States
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:  Aegis Defence Services Limited

          File:       B-400093.4; B-400093.5

          Date:       October 16, 2008

          John S. Pachter, Esq., Jonathan D. Shaffer, Esq., Mary Pat Gregory, Esq.,
          Matthew Lloyd Haws, Esq., and Richard C. Johnson, Esq., Smith Pachter McWhorter
          PLC, for the protester.
          David S. Black, Esq., Megan M. Mocho, Esq., and Jessica M. Madon, Esq., Holland &
          Knight LLP, for Global Strategies Group (Integrated Security), Inc., an intervenor.
          Roderick McCracken, Esq., Robert J. McKenney, Esq., and Derek B. Santos, Esq.,
          Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, for the agency.
          Paul N. Wengert, Esq., and Ralph 0. White, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
          participated in the preparation of the decision.
          DIGEST

          1. Protest that agency misevaluated awardee and protester under experience and
          past performance factors by downgrading protester based on its limited experience
          in Afghanistan, and by giving awardee credit for experience of its subcontractors,
          including contracts performed in Afghanistan, is denied where agency judgments
          were reasonable and consistent with terms of solicitation.

          2. Protest that agency improperly disregarded risk posed by awardee's low price is
          denied where record demonstrated that agency had compared individual fixed price
          line items to government estimate and to prices offered by competitors, identified
          those where there were significant differences, and documented the agency's basis
          for concluding that the awardee's prices were reasonable.
          DECISION

          Aegis Defence Services Limited protests the award of a contract to Global Strategies
          Group (Integrated Security), Inc. (GSG-IS) by the Department of the Army, Corps of
          Engineers, under request for proposals (RFP) No. W917PM-08-R-0030 for
          reconstruction security support services (RSSS) in Afghanistan. Aegis raises several
          objections to the evaluation, and alleges that GSG-IS is ineligible for award under the
          security clearance requirements of the RFP.


We deny the protest.

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