About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline
LOG IN
LOG IN

B-413091,B-413091.2 1 (2016-08-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadslu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountabilty * Integrity * Reliability of the United States U n ite d S tate s G o v e rn m e n t 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: MicroTechnologies, LLC File: B-413091; B-413091.2 Date: August 11, 2016 Gregory S. Jacobs, Esq., Steven A. Pozefsky, Esq., and Erin L. Felix, Esq., Polsinelli PC, for the protester. John S. Pachter, Esq., Jonathan D. Shaffer, Esq., and Mary Pat Buckenmeyer, Esq., Smith Pachter McWhorter PLC, for BTAS, Inc., the intervenor. Lt. Col. Christine C. Piper, Michael J. Farr, Esq., Graeme S. Henderson, Esq., and Shandra J. Kotzun, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., and Kenneth E. Patton, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of the awardee's proposed professional employee compensation plan is sustained where the evaluation was not adequately documented, the data relied upon by the agency did not provide a meaningful basis to evaluate the awardee's proposed compensation, and the agency acknowledges that it mistakenly relied upon incorrect data from a salary survey. 2. Protest that discussions with the protester were not meaningful because the agency did not inform the protester that its proposed price was higher than the awardee's is denied where the agency did not find the protester's proposed price to be unreasonable or otherwise unacceptable. DECISION MicroTechnologies, LLC, of Vienna, Virginia, a small business, protests the issuance of a task order to BTAS, Inc., of Beavercreek, Ohio, also a small business, by the Department of the Air Force under request for proposals (RFP) No. F1AF1C5223AO01 for information technology support services. MicroTechnologies argues that the Air Force unreasonably evaluated BTAS's proposed professional compensation plan, and failed to conduct meaningful discussions with the protester. We sustain the protest.

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Contact us for annual subscription options:

Contact Us

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

Log In

profiles profiles most