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B-406583.4,B-406583.5 1 (2014-07-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqks0001 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: West Sound Services Group, LLC File: B-406583.4; B-406583.5 Date: July 9, 2014 Adam K. Lasky, Esq., James F. Nagle, Esq., Howard W. Roth, Esq., and Brandon D. Young, Esq., Oles Morrison Rinker & Baker LLP, for the protester. William A. Roberts, III, Esq., Richard B. O'Keeffe, Jr., Esq., and Gary S. Ward., Esq., Wiley Rein LLP, for Chugach Federal Solutions, Inc., the intervenor. James McCormick, Esq., Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, for the agency. Nora K. Adkins, Esq., and Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of the protester's proposed staffing is denied where the agency reasonably determined that the proposal did not provide efficiencies or labor savings to account for its low direct labor staffing levels. 2. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of the protester's proposal under the past performance factor is denied where the information the protester claims the agency should have considered was not presented or referenced by the protester in its response to discussions; the agency had no obligation to seek out and favorably consider information the protester should have included in its proposal. 3. Protest alleging that the agency improperly considered contracts performed by affiliates of the awardee in evaluating the awardee's proposal under the corporate experience factor and the past performance factor is denied where the solicitation specifically permitted the evaluation of affiliates, and the awardee's proposal demonstrated the relevance of its corporate affiliates in accordance with the solicitation's terms. 4. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of the protester's key personnel is denied where, despite an apparently disparate evaluation, the protester does not demonstrate that it was prejudiced.

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