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B-401503.4 1 (2010-08-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadbnq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: L G A O Comptroller General ,c c ountabiity * 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 pbi ees Decision Matter of: Imagine One Technology & Management, Ltd. File: B-401503.4 Date: August 13, 2010 David J. Taylor, Esq., Katherine A. Allen, Esq., Rachel W. McGuane, Esq., and William J. Spriggs, Esq., Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, for the protester. John R. Tolle, Esq., and Bryan R. King, Esq., Barton Baker Thomas & Tolle, LLP, for the intervenor. Stephanie J. Quade, Esq., and Raymond P. Oldach, Jr., Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Cherie J. Owen, Esq., and Sharon L. Larkin, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. In a task order competition where the agency conducted discussions, protest that the agency engaged in unequal and misleading discussions is denied where the record shows that discussions were appropriately tailored to the firms' respective proposals and were not misleading or unfair. 2. Protest challenging the agency's cost realism analysis of the protester's proposed impacted indirect rates is denied, where the record demonstrates that the protester failed to substantiate its proposed rates and the agency reasonably relied on rates that had been approved by the Defense Contract Audit Agency. 3. Protest challenging the agency's technical evaluation of the protester's proposal is denied where the record shows that the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with evaluation criteria; mere disagreement with agency's evaluation is insufficient to show it was unreasonable. DECISION Imagine One Technology & Management, Ltd., of Colonial Beach, Virginia protests the issuance of a task order to Advanced Systems Technology & Management, Inc. (ASTM), of Vienna, Virginia, by the Department of the Navy, Naval Air Systems Command under request for proposals (RFP) No. N00024-08-R-3353 for program management support services. Imagine One challenges the agency's cost and

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