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B-403798,B-403798.2 1 (2010-12-02)

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         G     A    0                                                 Comptroller General
       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:  Computer  Technology Associates, Inc.

          File:       B-403798; B-403798.2

          Date:       December  2, 2010

          Pamela J. Mazza, Esq., Paralee White, Esq., Kelly E. Buroker, Esq., and Jared D.
          Minsk, Esq., PilieroMazza PLLC, for the protester.
          David S. Cohen, Esq., and John J. O'Brien, Esq., Cohen Mohr LLP, for Deloitte
          Consulting LLP, an intervenor.
          LTC Dana J. Chase and Capt. Bernal Rodriguez, Department of the Army, for the
          agency.
          Edward Goldstein, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General
          Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
          DIGEST

          Protest challenging agency's determination that protester's low labor rates for
          certain key labor categories were unrealistic, and thereby increased the technical
          risks associated with the protester's performance, is denied where the record shows
          that the determination was reasonable and consistent with terms of the solicitation,
          which provided for a price realism assessment.
          DECISION

          Computer Technology Associates, Inc. (CTA), of Falls Church, VA, protests the
          issuance of a task order to Deloitte Consulting LLP, of New York, NY under task
          order proposal request (TOPR) No. ALS-10-15121, issued by the Department of the
          Army for information management business architecture support. CTA argues that
          the Army's evaluation of its proposal was unreasonable and inconsistent with the
          terms of the TOPR.

          We deny the protest.

          BACKGROUND

          The Army issued the TOPR to firms holding TRICARE Evaluation, Analysis and
          Management  Support (TEAMS)  contracts for providing information management
          business architecture support services to the TRICARE Management Activity
          Information Directorate. TOPR at 1. The TOPR contemplated the issuance of a

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