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         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. The entire decision has now
                                                     been approved for public release.
         D  e c i s i o n                          - .-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . . ..

         Matter of:   URS Federal Services, Inc.

         File:        B-412580; B-412580.2

         Date:        March 31, 2016

         Kevin P. Connelly, Esq., Vedder Price, P.C., Marques 0. Peterson, Esq., Kelly E.
         Buroker, Esq., Jacob W. Scott, Esq., Kirsten W. Konar, Esq., and Caroline A. Keller,
         Esq., Vedder Price, P.C., for the protester.
         Marcia G. Madsen, Esq., Cameron S. Hamrick, Esq., David F. Dowd, Esq., and
         Polly A. Myers, Esq., Mayer Brown LLP, for VSE Corporation, an intervenor.
         Wade L. Brown, Esq., and Nichole Cram, Esq., Department of the Army, 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. Protest that solicitation's projected level of labor hours does not accurately
         reflect the agency's needs, based on information conveyed to the protester as the
         incumbent contractor, is dismissed as untimely when filed more than 10 days after
         the agency's notification to the protester.

         2. Protest that agency failed to perform a price realism analysis of awardee's
         proposal is denied where terms of solicitation did not require, or permit, the agency
         to reject an offeror's proposal on the basis of its low price.

         3. Protest challenging the size status of various subcontractors proposed by
         awardee is not for consideration under GAO's bid protest jurisdiction.

         4. Protest allegations challenging the agency's evaluation of awardee's proposal as
         acceptable with regard to the solicitation's corporate experience and labor category
         requirements are denied where record indicates that agency's evaluations were
         reasonable.
         DECISION

         URS Federal Services, Inc., of Germantown, Maryland, protests the Department of
         the Army's award of a task order to VSE Corporation, of Alexandria, Virginia,
         pursuant to task order request (TOR) No. W56HZV-1 5-X-JM01 to perform

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