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B-286037 1 (2000-11-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptalfc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General SIntegrity Reliability of the United States ~ccountabthty Inert Rea iy 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: Wackenhut Services, Inc File: B-286037; B-286037.2 Date: November 14, 2000 William W. Goodrich, Esq., David A. Vogel, Esq., and Richard J. Webber, Esq., Arent Fox Kintner Plotkin & Kahn, for the protester. Myrna E. Friedman, Esq., Sargeant & Friedman, for SecTek, Inc., an intervenor. Scott W. Barber, Esq., National Imagery and Mapping Agency, for the agency. Marie Penny Ahearn, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Where cost information was called for by solicitation to validate that the proposed costs are consistent with the technical presentation, but fixed-price contract was to be awarded, agency was not required to conduct detailed cost analysis of awardee's proposal; agency conducted price analysis--consisting of comparison of awardee's price with others received and government estimate--and reasonably concluded that, since the prices were comparable, there was no basis for finding that awardee lacked understanding of the requirement. 2. Protest challenging evaluation of awardee's past performance is denied where awardee and protester both received high ratings from references, and protester's slightly better ratings were reasonably reflected in its somewhat higher consensus past performance rating. 3. Protest challenging decision to make award to offeror submitting higher-priced, higher-rated proposal is sustained where record includes inadequate documentation supporting selection decision. DECISION Wackenhut Services, Inc. protests the award of a fixed-priced award-fee contract to SecTek, Inc., under National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) request for proposals (RFP) No. NMA-401-00-R-0008, for armed guard services at the Washington Navy Yard. Wackenhut challenges the evaluation on several grounds, and argues that the agency failed to adequately document the rationale for its source selection decision.

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