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B-276865 1 (1997-07-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptafzw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: MCA Research Corporation File: B-276865 Date: July 29, 1997 R. Wood Miles for the protester. Russell P. Spindler, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Robert C. Arsenoff, Esq., and Paul I. Lieberman, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Agency is not required to structure solicitation requirements to eliminate competitive advantages allegedly possessed by incumbent contractor where advantages did not result from any unfair government action. 2. Protest that solicitation requirement for the submission of resumes for certain key personnel is restrictive of competition is denied where record establishes that the requirement was reasonably designed to ensure that the agency's minimum needs would be met. DECISION MCA Research Corporation protests as unduly restrictive of competition certain key personnel requirements under request for proposals (RFP) No. N68936-97-R-0057, issued by the Department of the Navy for weapons test support services at the Echo Range in China Lake, California. We deny the protest. Section M of the RFP provides that award will be made to the offeror whose proposal represents the best value to the government from a technical/management and cost standpoint. The four evaluation factors, listed in descending order of performance are management, past performance, technical, and cost. One of the three subfactors under the management factor is Qualifications of key personnel and their availability. Key personnel were identified as follows: Program Manager Deputy Program Manager Second Level Supervisors

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