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B-405589 1 (2011-11-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadokk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: A G A 0 Comptroller General lAccoauntability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States U n ited S ta tes G ov ern m e n t A cco u n tab ility O ffice ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Washington, DC 20548 DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been Decision approved for public release. Matter of. NCI Information Systems, Inc. File: B-405589 Date: November 23, 2011 Daniel S. Herzfeld, Esq., John E. Jensen, Esq., Evan D. Wesser, Esq., and Nicole Y. Beeler, Esq., Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, for the protester. Captain Edward Aln, Department of the Army, for the agency. Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging the agency's use of information from awardee's performance of the incumbent contract in the development of the independent government cost estimate, which was used in evaluating offerors' staffing approaches and prices, is denied because the use of this information, in conjunction with other data, was not inappropriate. 2. Protest challenging the agency's conclusion that the protester's staffing approach contained significant weaknesses is denied where the protester's proposed staffing for several functions was reasonably determined to be insufficient. 3. Protest that agency failed to conduct meaningful discussions with the protester concerning its proposed staffing in a task order competition conducted under Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 16 is denied where the record shows that the agency reasonably advised the protester of significant weaknesses in its proposal that required improvement. DECISION NCI Information Systems, Inc., of Reston, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order to Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems, of Alexandria, Virginia, by the Department of the Army, Mission Installation Contracting Command, under request for task order response (RTOR) No. W91247-10-ITES-0002, for information technology (IT) support services at the Army's Network Enterprise Center (NEC) at

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