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B-290193 1 (2002-06-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaofa0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General Accountability * Integrity* Reliability 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: Integrity Management Enterprises, Inc. File: B-290193; B-290193.2 Date: June 25, 2002 Robert E. Korroch, Esq., Michael J. Gardner, Esq., Francis E. Purcell, Jr., Esq., and James J. Reid, Esq., Williams Mullen Clark & Dobbins, for the protester. Robert J. McMullen, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. John L. Formica, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Agency conducting a commercial activities study under Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 did not act improperly in amending the performance work statement (PWS) during its review of the in-house management plan where the agency determined at that time that the PWS did not accurately reflect its minimum needs and the changes to the PWS were provided to the private-sector offerors through amendment of the request for proposals. 2. Agency reasonably determined, during a commercial activities study under Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76, that the in-house management plan reasonably established the ability of the government to perform the requirements of the performance work statement (PWS), and identified and included all costs necessary to perform the PWS requirements. 3. Agency, which during its evaluation of private-sector proposals submitted as part of a commercial activities study under Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 found that the selected best value proposal merely met the requirements of the request for proposal's performance work statement (PWS) and did not identify any strengths in the proposal, was not required to make any adjustments to the in-house management plan, which also was found to meet the minimum PWS requirements. DECISION Integrity Management Enterprises, Inc. (IME) protests the Department of the Navy's determination, pursuant to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-76, that it would be more economical to retain the performance of central support

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