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B-279759.2 1 (1999-02-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptajem0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: Systems Integration & Research, Inc.; Presearch Inc. File: B-279759.2; B-279759.3 Date: February 16, 1999 James J. McCullough, Esq., and Catherine E. Pollack, Esq., Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson for Systems Integration & Research, Inc.; and Jacob B. Pompan, Esq., Pompan, Murray, Ruffner & Werfel, for Presearch Inc., the protesters. Kenneth D. Brody, Esq., McMahon, David & Brody, for DTI Associates, Inc., an interveno r. Thomas W. Essig, Timothy Hickey, Esq., Andrew C. Saunders, Esq., and John M. Davis, Esq., Naval Sea Systems Command, for the agency. Aldo A. Benejam, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Agency's acceptance of awardee's proposed uncompensated overtime and direct labor rates is unobjectionable where solicitation does not prohibit uncompensated overtime; agency reasonably relied on reviews and recommendations by Defense Contract Audit Agency of the awardee's direct labor rates, escalation rates, overhead, and general and administrative rates; and agency independently considered projected cost of awardee's performance. 2. Allegation that agency improperly evaluated protester's proposal is denied where the record shows that the agency evaluated the proposal in accordance with the evaluation factors announced in the solicitation and record reasonably supports protester's overall technical rating. DECISION Systems Integration & Research, Inc. (SIR) and Presearch Inc. protest the award of a contract to DTI Associates, Inc. under request for proposals (RFP) No. N00024-97- R-5487, issued by the Department of the Navy, Naval Sea Systems Command, for

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