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B-408690.2,B-408690.3 1 (2014-12-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqvs0001 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: Science Applications International Corporation File: B-408690.2; B-408690.3 Date: December 17, 2014 William L. Walsh Jr., Esq., J. Scott Hommer, III, Esq., Christina K. Scopin, Esq., Keir X. Bancroft, Esq., and Nathaniel S. Canfield, Esq., Venable LLP, for the protester. Michael A. Hordell, Esq., Thomas J. Madigan, Esq., and Kristopher Berr, Esq., Pepper Hamilton LLP, for Noble Supply & Logistics; and William E. Hughes, Esq., Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C., for SupplyCore, Inc., the intervenors. Jon L. Lightner, Esq., and Bethany Hsu, Esq., Defense Logistics Agency, for the agency. Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Agency reasonably assigned protester a past performance rating of satisfactory confidence where record shows that protester failed to meet its socio-economic and/or subcontracting goals under four of the five contracts it submitted for evaluation. 2. Where solicitation for fixed-price contract did not provide for a price realism assessment, the agency's price evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation where it established minimum price objectives for the solicitation's various line items and, for prices below the minimum objective, requested confirmation from the offeror regarding the accuracy of its pricing and verification that the item priced was in accordance with the solicitation's item description. 3. Protests that the agency failed to conduct meaningful discussions because it did not advise the protester that its prices were too high is denied where agency established minimum and maximum price objectives for the items being acquired and asked protester to improve your price for items priced above agency's maximum objectives.

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