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B-262088.3 1 (1996-01-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptadrv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE A protected decision was issued on the date below and was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This version has been redacted or approved by the parties involved for public release. I Matter of: Jacobs Service Company; International Technology Corporation File: B-262088.3; B-262088.4 Date: January 29, 1996 Brian J. Donovan, Esq., Jones & Donovan, for Jacobs Service Company; Dorn C. McGrath, Esq., Richard L. Moorhouse, Esq., and Mark D. Colley, Esq., Holland & Knight, for International Technology Corporation, the protesters. Kevin P. Connelly, Esq., Bruce Lathrop, Esq., David J. Kuckelman, Esq., and Steven Kmieciak, Esq., Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, for Tetra Tech, Inc., an interested party. Robert L. Ballenger, Esq., and Marcia J. Bachman, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Scott H. Riback, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protests of various aspects of agency's technical evaluation are denied where the record shows that the agency evaluated proposals consistently with the terms of the solicitation. 2. Protests against agency's cost evaluation are denied where record shows that agency performed an adequate cost realism evaluation, considering the potential cost impact of various offerors' proposed approaches. 3. Agency's discussions with protesters were meaningful and not misleading where agency advised firms of areas where their proposals needed clarification, revision or amplification; agency's cautionary advice to one firm regarding risk associated with submitting technical proposal revisions with best and final offer should not reasonably have misled firm into concluding that it could not make such revisions. DECISION Jacobs Service Company (JSC) and International Technology Corporation (IT) protest the award of a contract to Tetra Tech, Inc. under request for proposals (RFP) No. F04684-94-R-0024, issued by the Department of the Air Force for comprehensive environmental services at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Both protesters make numerous arguments regarding the propriety of the Air

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