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B-289262 1 (2002-02-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaoci0001 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: Imaging Systems Technology File: B-289262 Date: February 1, 2002 Donald K. Wedding, Esq., Donald K. Wedding Law Office; and Claude P. Goddard, Jr., Esq., Wickwire Gavin, for the protester. John D. Inazu, Esq., and John C. Gatlin, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Scott H. Riback, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency failed to conduct an adequate cost comparison under 10 U.S.C. § 2462 (2000) is denied, where record shows that comparison was fair and realistic; primary reason for protester's higher cost was its proposal of higher-cost staffing, which did not reflect significant changes in the statement of work from previous contracts and solicitations. DECISION Imaging Systems Technology (IST) protests the Department of the Air Force's cancellation of request for proposals (RFP) No. F34601-01-R-0067, issued to acquire logistics support services for the programmable indicator data processor (PIDP), a worldwide standardized automated radar display, tracking, and flight data processing system. The RFP contemplated a cost comparison to determine whether the government or a contractor could perform the work more cost effectively; the Air Force canceled the RFP based on its determination that the cost of in-house performance would be lower than performance by IST. IST argues that the cost comparison was improper because the agency's in-house cost estimate was understated. We deny the protest. The agency conducted this acquisition pursuant to 10 U.S.C. § 2462, which requires defense agencies to acquire goods or services from a private sector concern if such a source can provide the requirement at a cost that is lower than the cost to perform the same requirement in-house. The statute further provides that, in ascertaining

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