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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.
Matter of: Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc.
File: B-275830, B-275830.2, B-275830.3
Date: April 7, 1997
Gregory A. Smith, Esq., Richard P. Rector, Esq., Kevin P. Mullin, Esq., and Chandra
Emery, Esq., Piper & Marbury; Donald C. Holmes, Esq., and Michael A. Gordon,
Esq., Holmes, Schwartz & Gordon, for the protester.
Caryl A. Potter, Esq., Joseph P. Hornyak, Esq., Elizabeth A. Ferrell, Esq., Bruce H.
Leshine, Esq., and Drew W. Marrocco, Esq., Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, for
Avondale Industries, Inc., the intervenor.
Robinwyn D. Lewis, Esq., Janice M. Passo, Esq., Susan P. Raps, Esq., Robert E.
Lieblich, Esq., Diane S. Schnittman, Esq., and Mary L. Oates Walker, Esq.,
Department of the Navy, for the agency.
David A. Ashen, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
1. Protest against agency evaluation of proposed information system--offered to
meet requirement for capability to concurrently develop, capture, update and re-use
data in electronic form in a fashion that leads to data integrity, efficiency, and
configuration control throughout the life cycle of amphibious ships being procured--
is denied where agency reasonably determined that (1) offeror would encounter
significant difficulty in integrating, and maintaining data consistency [DELETED] in
its proposed information system, and (2) if [DELETED], the design and construction
process would lose efficiency, leading to additional costs and delays.
2. Protest that agency improperly failed to quantify probable life cycle cost (LCC)
savings for each offer is denied where the solicitation nowhere expressly stated that
the agency would conduct a traditional probable cost analysis, but instead provided
that agency would adjectivally rate proposed approaches to LCC reduction, and
record supports agency determination that awardee's proposed LCC reduction
approach provided the greatest probability of achieving the greatest LCC savings.
DECISION
Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc., the prime contractor of the Ingalls Full Service Contractor
team (Ingalls), protests the award of a contract to Avondale Industries, Inc., the
prime contractor of the Avondale Alliance team, under request for proposals](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaocrptafvx0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)