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B-409885,B-409885.2,B-409885.3,B-409885.4,B-409885.5,B-409885.6 1 (2014-09-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqpy0001 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: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP; IBM U.S. Federal File: B-409885; B-409885.2; B-409885.3; B-409885.4; B-409885.5; B-409885.6 Date: September 5, 2014 David S. Cohen, Esq., John J. O'Brien, Esq., and Gabriel E. Kennon, Esq., Cohen Mohr LLP, for PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP; and Jason A. Carey, Esq., John W. Sorrenti, Esq., Patrick J. Stanton, Esq., and Sandeep N. Nandivada, Esq., McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP, for IBM U.S. Federal, the protesters. Daniel S. Herzfeld, Esq., John E. Jensen, Esq., Alexander B. Ginsberg, Esq., and Meghan D. Doherty, Esq., Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, for Ernst & Young LLP, an intervenor. Wade L. Brown, Esq., David C. DeFrieze, Esq., and Melissa Lloyd, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency. Noah B. Bleicher, Esq., and Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Agency's decision to consider relevance of projects submitted under experience factor in the aggregate was unobjectionable where solicitation did not require that each individual project be of the same size, scope, and complexity as the solicited requirements. 2. Evaluation of awardee's key personnel was proper where agency reasonably determined that resumes of awardee's proposed personnel demonstrated compliance with solicitation's minimum experience and qualification requirements. 3. Evaluation of awardee's transition plan is unobjectionable where evaluators reasonably concluded that plan complied with the solicitation's requirements. 4. Protest that awardee's proposal took exception to material solicitation terms regarding reallocation of labor hours is denied where statement in proposal was not inconsistent with solicitation requirement that the agency approve any changes to labor hours.

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