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B-281274.2 1 (1999-03-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptajfw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: -e GeAtOa E Comptroller General of the United States -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------. United States General Accounting Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Decision Matter of: The Futures Group International File: B-281274.2 Date: March 3, 1999 John S. Pachter, Esq., Jonathan D. Shaffer, Esq., Richard F. Smith, Esq., and Christina M. Belanger, Esq., Smith, Pachter, McWhorter & D'Ambrosio, for the protester. Joseph C. Port, Jr., Esq., and Howard Stanislawski, Esq., Sidley & Austin, for Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, an intervenor. Karen Doswell, Esq., and A. Lindsey Crawford, Esq., United States Agency for International Development, for the agency. Charles W. Morrow, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Cost realism analysis that accepted as realistic the awardee's proposed indirect rates that were significantly below its most recent indirect rate cost submission is not reasonably supported. 2. Agency reasonably determined that the awardee's proposed research director met the solicitation's minimum qualifications for this key personnel. 3. Past performance evaluation is reasonable, notwithstanding a lack of contemporaneous documentation, where the technical evaluators reasonably explained during the course of the protest why the awardee's past performance was rated as outstanding. DECISION The Futures Group International protests the award of a contract to Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu under request for proposals (RFP) No. M OP-98-918, issued by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), to implement a project intended to increase access to family planning and other reproductive health products and services obtained through the commercial and private sectors in

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