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B-410202.2,B-410202.3 1 (2015-02-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqzo0001 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: Tridentis, LLC File: B-410202.2; B-410202.3 Date: February 24, 2015 Joseph P. Hornyak, Esq., and Gregory R. Hallmark, Esq., Holland & Knight LLP, for the protester. Brian A. Darst, Esq., Brian A. Darst Law Office, for Professional Analysis, Inc., the intervenor. Sandra Compton Simmons, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Robert T. Wu, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that the agency failed to conduct a reasonable cost realism analysis or appreciate the performance risks in the awardee's technical approach is denied where the record shows the agency's cost realism analysis and technical evaluation were reasonable. DECISION Tridentis, LLC, of Washington, D.C., protests the award of a task order to Professional Analysis, Inc. (PAl), also of Washington, D.C., by the Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC), under request for proposals (RFP) No. N00024-14-R-3252 for various support services. Tridentis argues that the agency failed to conduct a reasonable cost realism analysis of PAl's proposal, and failed to appreciate the technical risk associated with PAl's proposed labor rates. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On May 22, 2014, NAVFAC issued the RFP as a small business set-aside under the agency's SeaPort-e multiple award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract. Agency Legal Memorandum at 1. The RFP contemplated issuance of a cost-plus-fixed-fee task order, consisting of a base year and four option years, for

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