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B-282670 1 (1999-08-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptajkj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: -e GeAtOa __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. D e c i s i o n ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matter of: A&T Engineering Technologies, VECTOR Research Division File: B-282670; B-282670.2 Date: August 13, 1999 John S. Pachter, Esq., Jonathan D. Shaffer, Esq., and Jennifer A. Mahar, Esq., Smith, Pachter, McWhorter & D'Ambrosio, for the protester. Thomas P. Humphrey, Esq., John E. McCarthy, Jr., Esq., and Daniel R. Forman, Esq., Crowell & Moring, for Marconi Systems Technologies, Inc., an interested party. Chris E. Hagberg, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Ralph 0. White, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protester's allegation of an improper bait and switch scheme based on an e-mail note sent by an employee of the awardee to an incumbent employee seeking ajob with the new contractor which states that the awardee does not have people waiting in the wings to work on this contract is denied where there is no showing in the record that the awardee has misrepresented the availability or commitment of its personnel; the awardee's proposal offered to hire incumbents in accordance with the substitution of key personnel clause, while explaining that it had no information at the time of proposal submission about the availability of those incumbents; the solicitation does not bar substitution of personnel when directed by the agency; and there is no other evidence in the record to support the interpretation of the e-mail note urged by the protester. 2. Protester's contention that the agency improperly evaluated its proposed personnel is denied where the record shows that the evaluation was consistent with the stated evaluation criteria and reasonable. DECISION A&T Engineering Technologies, VECTOR Research Division protests the award of a contract to Marconi Systems Technologies, Inc. under request for propo sals (RFP) No. N00167-98-R-0027, issued by the Department of the Navy, Naval Surface Warfare Center, for scientific and engineering support services for the Navy's Acoustic

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