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B-266053.2 1 (1996-04-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptadua0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller 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. Matter of: CHP International, Inc. File: B-266053.2 Date: April 29, 1996 Alan S. Weitz, Esq., and Edward Tolchin, Esq., Ginsburg, Feldman & Bress, for the protester. Clayton S. Marsh, Esq., and Kurt S. Kusiak, Esq., Ropes & Gray, for World Learning, Inc., an interested party. Mark P. Lindberg, Esq., and Steven Schwinn, Esq., Peace Corps, for the agency. Jacqueline Maeder, Esq., Glenn Wolcott, Esq., and Paul Lieberman, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that agency conducted inadequate cost realism analysis is denied where the agency considered the realism of the awardee's proposed direct labor costs, the number of labor hours and the mix of labor categories, the fringe benefits, travel and miscellaneous costs, and the indirect rates, and it is clear from the record that the protester was not prejudiced by the agency's failure to make certain adjustments to the labor escalation rate or fringe benefits that the protester believes should have been made. 2. Protest that agency conducted unequal discussions with the protester and the awardee is denied where the record establishes that the agency properly tailored its discussions to the specific weaknesses in each offeror's proposal and gave both offerors an equal opportunity to address these weaknesses. 3. The substitution of personnel after award is not improper where the offeror provided resumes and firm letters of commitment for its proposed individuals and nothing in the record suggests that the names were submitted other than in good faith. DECISION CHP International, Inc. protests the award of a contract to World Learning, Inc. under request for proposals (RFP) No. 95-3, issued by the Peace Corps for the pre- service training of Peace Corps volunteers in technical, language, cross-cultural and personal support skills necessary for their assignments in Guatemala and 14372

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