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B-260788.2 1 (1995-08-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptacap0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision REDACTED DECISION A poteteddeisin ws isud o th dae elow and was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This version has been redacted or approved by the parties involved for public release. Matter of: TRW, Inc. File: B-260788.2 Date: August 2, 1995 Kenneth B. Weckstein, Esq., and Michael K. Love, Esq., Epstein Becker & Green, P.C., for the protester. Kathleen C. Little, Esq., Michael R. Charness, Esq., and David R. Johnson, Esq., McDermott, Will & Emery, and Nancy L. Boughton, Esq., for Science Applications International Corporation, and Richard J. Conway, Esq., William M. Rosen, Esq., and Robert J. Moss, Esq., Dickstein, Shapiro & Morin, L.L.P., for BDM Federal, Inc., interested parties. Gregory Petkoff, Esq., and Jerri G. Brewer, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Mary G. Curcio, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Cost/technical tradeoff decision resulting in awards to higher technically rated, higher-cost offerors was unreasonable where protester's and awardees' proposals were similarly technically rated except in one evaluation area; it is not clear from the evaluation record why the identified strengths of protester's proposal in this one area were rated below awardees'; and source selection official does not explain (either contemporaneously or in protest record) why the advantages of the awardees' proposals were superior to those of the protester's proposal, or why they warranted foregoing protester's $4 million (approximately 15 percent) lower cost. DECISION TRW Inc. protests the decision of the Department of the Air Force to award contracts for support services for the Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center (AFOTEC)1 to Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) and BDM Federal, Inc., under request for proposals (RFP) No. F29601-93-R-0036. TRW 1AFOTEC is responsible for conducting independent and objective evaluations of the operational effectiveness and suitability of various systems used by the Air Force. 85312

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