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B-407818 1 (2013-03-05)

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          G     A    O                                                  Comptroller General
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  United States Government Accountability Office  DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
  Washington, DC 20548
                                                     I The decision issued on the date below was subject to a
                                                     GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been

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           Matter of:  PAE Government Services, Inc.

           File:       B-407818

           Date:       March 5, 2013

           Robert Nichols, Esq., Susan B. Cassidy, Esq., Anuj Vohra, Esq., Jade C. Totman,
           Esq., Daniel E. Matro, Esq., Saurabh Anand, Esq., and Michael T. Wagner, Esq.,
           Covington & Burling, LLP, for the protester.
           Richard, J. Vacura, Esq., Tina D. Reynolds, Esq., and K. Alyse Latour, Esq.,
           Morrison & Foerster LLP, for DynCorp International LLC, an intervenor.
           Kathleen D. Martin, Esq., Department of State, for the agency.
           Katherine I. Riback, Esq., and Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., Office of the General
           Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
           DIGEST

           Agency was not required to conduct cost realism or price realism analyses where
           the solicitation provided for the award of a fixed-price contract, and did not
           otherwise state that the agency would conduct such analyses.
           DECISION

           PAE Government Services, Inc., of Arlington, Virginia, protests the award of a task
           order contract issued by the Department of State (DOS) under task order request
           for proposals (TORP) No. SAQMMA12F1 885 to DynCorp International LLC, of Falls
           Church, Virginia, for Criminal Justice Program Support (CPJS) in Haiti. PAE argues
           that the agency failed to reasonably evaluate offerors' prices and failed to take into
           account adverse past performance information concerning DynCorp.

           We deny the protest.

           BACKGROUND

           The TORP was issued on March 31, 2012, and contemplated the award of a hybrid
           fixed price, labor hour and cost reimbursement contract with one base year and

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