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B-403713.7,B-403713.9 1 (2011-07-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadbwy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: L G A O Comptroller General Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC REEASE 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: D&S Consultants, Inc. File: B-403713.7; B-403713.9 Date: July 11, 2011 Anthony H. Anikeeff, Esq., and William A. Wozniak, Esq., Williams Mullen, and R. James Kravitz, Esq., for the protester. Robert A. Russo, Esq., Frank V. DiNicola, Esq., Desiree A. DiCorcia, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Mary G. Curcio, Esq., and Scott H. Riback, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency unreasonably determined that offeror's proposed labor rates were unrealistic is denied where protester offered a substantial number of hours that were priced at rates significantly below the rates used to calculate the government estimate, and protester has not shown that the government estimate was unreasonable. DECISION D&S Consultants, Inc., of Eatontown, New Jersey, protests the elimination from the competitive range of the proposal it submitted in response to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) request for proposals (RFP) No. VA-1 18-1 O-RP-0052, for information technology (IT) services. D&S asserts that the agency misevaluated its proposal. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The solicitation provided for the award of up to 15 contracts on a best value basis considering the following factors: technical (with subfactors for sample task orders (STO) and management), past performance, veterans involvement, small business participation commitment, and price. A proposal had to receive a rating of at least acceptable for the technical factor (as well as for each of the subfactors) and small business participation commitment factor to be considered for award. RFP § M.2.A. With respect to price, the government provided a list of 167 labor categories; for

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