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__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: Sabreliner Corporation
File: B-284240.2; B-284240.6
Date: March 22, 2000
Kenneth B. Weckstein, Esq., and Shlomo D. Katz, Esq., Epstein Becker & Green, for
the protester.
Ellen D. Washingto n, Esq., Rosalind J. Wo o lbright, Esq., and Daniel D. Pangburn,
Esq., Naval Air Systems Command, for the agency.
Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., and Paul I. Lieberman, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
1. Where protester's proposed price was approximately 25 percent lower than that
of the next low offeror, and was based on performing the basic contract
requirements using approximately [deleted] labor hours that the government
estimated would be required, the agency reasonably determined that protester's
proposed price was unrealistic and that award could not be made on the basis of
protester's initial proposal.
2. Agency is not required to conduct discussions with offerors where solicitation
advised offerors that the agency intended to award a contract on the basis of initial
pro po sals.
3. Agency's intent to obtain required Defense Security Cooperation Agency's (DSCA)
determination prior to issuing task orders for foreign military sales customers, rather
than prior to award of requirements contract, does not provide a basis to sustain
protest, where agency's approach is consistent with the advice and direction of
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