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B-410006,B-410006.2 1 (2014-10-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqrh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General r Accountablity * 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: Cubic Simulation Systems, Inc. File: B-410006; B-410006.2 Date: October 8, 2014 Thomas P. Humphrey, Esq., John E. McCarthy Jr., Esq., Jonathan M. Baker, Esq., Derek R. Mullins, Esq., and Olivia L. Lynch, Esq., Crowell & Moring LLP, for the protester. J. Alex Ward, Esq., Charles L. Capito, Esq., and James A. Tucker, Esq., Jenner & Block LLP, for Meggitt Training Systems, Inc., the intervenor. Wade L. Brown, Esq., and Stephen F. Faherty, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency. Susan K. McAuliffe, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest arguing that agency should have allowed protester to clarify an alleged error in its proposal, which created an inconsistency regarding the technical data rights the protester proposed for a key system component, is denied. 2. Protest alleging that agency improperly evaluated proposals is denied where the evaluation and source selection decision were reasonable and in accordance with the solicitation's evaluation criteria; protester's disagreement with evaluation conclusions is insufficient to show that they were unreasonable. 3. Agency's discussions with the protester were meaningful and not misleading where agency reasonably led the offeror into area of its proposal that needed amplification or correction. DECISION Cubic Simulation Systems, Inc., of Orlando, Florida, protests the award of a contract to Meggitt Training Systems, Inc, of Suwanee, Georgia, under request for proposals (RFP) No. W900KK-1 3-R-0007 issued by the Department of the Army for technical refresh services and Engagement Skills Trainer II (EST II) systems. Cubic argues that the agency should have allowed it to correct an error in its proposal through

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