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B-275786 1 (1997-03-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptafvo0001 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: Systems Engineering & Management Company File: B-275786 Date: March 26, 1997 John Dillon Clarke, Esq., D. Reuben Buck, Esq., and Lane L. McVey, Esq., McKenna & Cuneo, for the protester. Richard L. Moorhouse, Esq., Dorn C. McGrath III, Esq., and Mary F. Withum, Esq., Holland & Knight, for RJO Enterprises, an intervenor. John E. Lariccia, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. C. Douglas McArthur, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Agency properly concluded that awardee's relatively low proposed wage rates were realistic where the awardee's proposal explained the assumptions behind its labor rates and indirect rates, and the agency reasonably accepted those assumptions based on the local labor market and economic situation. 2. Although awardee received some adverse (yellow/marginal) reports on its past performance, agency reasonably evaluated performance risk as low where there were a much greater number of blue/exceptional reports. 3. Agency reasonably evaluated awardee's proposal as exceptional under the subfactor of work force support where the solicitation provided for consideration of such support and record showed that awardee had an existing agreement with a large defense contractor to provide expert services on an as-needed basis. DECISION Systems Engineering & Management Company (SEMCO) protests the award of a contract to RJO Enterprises, Inc., under request for proposals (RFP) No. F33657-95-R-0083, issued by the Department of the Air Force for nonpersonal advisory and assistance services. SEMCO principally contends that the Air Force failed to conduct a reasonable price realism analysis of RJO's proposal. We deny the protest. 110343

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