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B-294130.2 1 (2004-10-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptapno0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General SIntegrity Reliability of the United States ~ccountabthty Inert Rea iy United States Government Accountability 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: Abt Associates File: B-294130.2 Date: October 12, 2004 Robert Sonenthal, Esq., Sonenthal and Overall, for the protester. Kenneth A. Martin, Esq., Martin & Associates, for TCG International, LLC, an intervenor. Diane A. Perone, Esq. and John B. Alumbaugh, Esq., Agency for International Development, for the agency. Mary G. Curcio, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency did not perform proper cost realism analysis of awardee's proposal is denied where agency reviewed proposed costs and determined that they were achievable, and protester does not allege that awardee's proposed costs were inconsistent with its technical proposal. DECISION Abt Associates protests the award of a contract to TCG International, LLC under request for proposals (RFP) No. 386-04-001, issued by the Agency for International Development (AID) to procure technical assistance to India for Phase III of the Financial Institutions Reform and Expansion (Debt Market) (FIRE-D III) program. Abt alleges that AID made the award to TCG based on an improper cost realism analysis of TCG's proposal. We deny the protest. The solicitation, which contemplated the award of a cost-reimbursement contract, provided for a best value award based on an evaluation of technical, past performance and cost factors. With respect to cost, the solicitation provided that the contracting officer would perform an analysis of whether offerors proposed a realistic cost for successful completion of the effort and production of the outputs in the RFP. After multiple rounds of discussions, TCG's and Abt's proposals were rated technically equal, with 83 and 83.25 (out of 100 possible) points, respectively.

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