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B-293679 1 (2004-05-27)

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         G     A     0                                                Comptroller General
       Accountablity* 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: Lockheed Martin Corporation

          File:       B-293679; B-293679.2; B-293679.3

          Date:       May 27, 2004

          Marcia G. Madsen, Esq., David F. Dowd, Esq., Michael J. Farley, Esq., and William L.
          Olsen, Esq., Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, for the protester.
          John S. Pachter, Esq., Jonathan D. Shaffer, Esq., Sophia R. Zetterlund, Esq., and
          Erin R. Karsman, Esq., Smith Pachter McWhorter & Allen, for Alliant Techsystems,
          Inc., an intervenor.
          Maj. Tami L. Dillahunt, and Lawrence M. Brady, Esq., Department of the Army, for
          the agency.
          Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
          GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
          DIGEST

          1. Agency failed to conduct meaningful discussions where it did not advise protester
          that contractor-specific cost savings included in protester's initial proposal would
          not be considered in the agency's evaluation.

          2. Where agency provided protester with information during discussions that the
          agency knew to be erroneous, and protester relied on that information to its
          detriment, the agency's discussions were misleading and call into question the
          reasonableness of the source selection decision.

          3. Agency's evaluation of awardee's proposal was not reasonable where,
          notwithstanding the proposal's failure to address the minimally required description
          of features necessary to meet the performance requirements, agency credited
          awardee's proposal with meeting those requirements based on an agency advisor's
          perceptions regarding the capabilities of awardee's proposed subcontractor.
          DECISION

          Lockheed Martin Corporation protests the Department of the Army's award of a
          contract to Alliant Techsystems Inc. (ATK) under request for proposals (RFP)
          No. DAAE30-03-R-0312 to perform system development and demonstration (SDD)

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