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B-411970,B-411970.2,B-411970.3,B-411970.4 1 (2015-11-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadrry0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G AO Comptroller General ! Accountablity * Integrity * Reliability of the United States U n ite d S tate s G o ve rn m e nt A c c o u nta b ility O ff ice ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Washington, DC 20548 DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE 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 is io n ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------. Matter of: Smartronix, Inc.; ManTech Advanced Systems International, Inc. File: B-411970; B-411970.2; B-411970.3; B-411970.4 Date: November 25, 2015 James H. Roberts, III, Esq., Van Scoyoc Kelly & Roberts PLLC, for Smartronix, Inc.; and Stuart B. Nibley, Esq., Andrew N. Cook, Esq., and Amy M. Conant, Esq., K&L Gates LLP, for ManTech Advanced Systems International, Inc., the protesters. Robert J. Symon, Esq., Aron C. Beezley, Esq., and Jennifer F. Brinkley, Esq., Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, for Jacobs Technology Inc., the intervenor. Jaron E. Chriss, Esq., and Adrienne D. Bolton, Esq., General Services Administration, for the agency. Evan D. Wesser, Esq., and Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protests challenging the adequacy of the agency's cost realism evaluation are sustained where the agency's evaluation failed to reasonably evaluate whether vendors' proposed direct labor rates were realistic and consistent with the vendors' unique proposed approaches. 2. Protest challenging the agency's determination that the awardee did not have a disqualifying organizational conflict of interest is denied where the protester fails to present hard facts indicating the existence of a conflict and where the contracting officer reasonably found that no conflict existed. 3. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of the awardee's proposal under the capability demonstration and transition plan factors is denied where the record demonstrates that the agency's evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. DECISION Smartronix, Inc., of Hollywood, Maryland, and ManTech Advanced Systems International, Inc., of Herndon, Virginia, protest the award of an order to Jacobs Technology Inc., of Tullahoma, Tennessee, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. ID04150017, which was issued under the General Services Administration

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