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B-407797.3,B-407797.4 1 (2013-11-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadpxl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountabilty * 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. D e c i s i o n L .-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . . .. Matter of: Serco Inc. File: B-407797.3, B-407797.4 Date: November 8, 2013 David M. Nadler, Esq., David Y. Yang, Esq., and Ryan P. McGovern, Esq., Dickstein Shapiro LLP, for the protester. Robert J. Symon, Esq., and Aron C. Beezley, Esq., Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, for Jacobs Technology, Inc., the intervenor. Michael J. Kraycinovich, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency. Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., and Sharon L. Larkin, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest asserting that agency's discussions were misleading and unequal is denied where agency reasonably sought information regarding protester's proposed staffing, properly sought information regarding protester's current labor rates, and sought similar information from the awardee. 2. Protester's complaints regarding the agency's evaluation of the offerors' technical/management proposals reflect mere disagreement with the agency's judgments and, as such, provide no bases for sustaining the protest. 3. Protest challenging the agency's cost realism evaluation is denied where the agency's comprehensive evaluation record reasonably supports and adequately documents the cost/price evaluation. 4. Protester's assertions regarding an alleged conflict of interest do not provide sufficient basis for this Office to find unreasonable the contracting officer's negative determination regarding the awardee's potential for a significant conflict of interest. DECISION Serco Inc., of Virginia Beach, Virginia, protests the Department of the Army's award of the Global Logistics and Support Services (GLASS) contract to Jacobs Technology, Inc., of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, pursuant to request for proposals (RFP) No. W52P1J-11-R-0068. The solicitation sought proposals to provide a

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