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B-410329,B-410329.2,B-410329.3 1 (2014-12-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqvv0001 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: Lockheed Martin Corporation File: B-410329; B-410329.2; B-410329.3 Date: December 11, 2014 Michael F. Mason, Esq., Brendan M. Lill, Esq., and Katherine L. Morga, Esq., Hogan Lovells US LLP, for the protester. Lorraine C. Lee, Esq., Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, for the agency. Kevin P. Connelly, Esq., Kelly E. Buroker, Esq., Kirsten W. Konar, Esq., and Caroline A. Keller, Esq., Vedder Price, for Exelis Systems Corporation, an intervenor. 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 evaluated protester's technical approach as reflecting a significant weakness where protester's solution relied on upgrades to an information technology tool which would not be completely available for a significant period of time after contract award. 2. Agency performed a reasonable price/cost evaluation where it considered various elements of each offeror's proposal and concluded that awardee's proposal of substantially more, albeit less senior, personnel was reasonable, realistic, and represented the lowest risk. 3. Acceptability of an offeror's cost accounting system is a matter of responsibility, and the agency's post-source-selection dialogue with the awardee regarding the status of its accounting system did not constitute discussions. DECISION Lockheed Martin Corporation, of Gaithersburg, Maryland, protests the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers' award of a contract to Exelis Systems Corporation, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, pursuant to request for proposals (RFP) No. W91WMC-13-R-0002 to provide information management/information technology (IM/IT) services. Lockheed protests that the agency misevaluated its proposal under the technical/business management factor; failed to perform a reasonable

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