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B-296228 1 (2005-07-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaqwt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: A G A O Comptroller General . Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Grove Resource Solutions, Inc. File: B-296228; B-296228.2 Date: July 1, 2005 Deborah M. Grove for the protester. Robert J. McMullen, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. John L. Formica, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Agency's inclusion of the awardee's proposal in the competitive range even though the proposal was unacceptable as submitted was reasonable under the circumstances; the exclusion of technically unacceptable proposals from the competitive range, while permissible, is not required. 2. Agency's price realism analysis of the awardee's proposal was reasonable where the agency determined that the labor rates proposed by the awardee were, among other things, similar to those listed for similar labor categories on the awardee's and other vendors' federal supply schedule contracts, and were sufficient to provide acceptable personnel. DECISION Grove Resource Solutions, Inc. protests the award of a contract to Evolvent Technologies, Inc. under request for proposals (RFP) No. N00140-05-R-0003, issued by the Department of the Navy for telemedicine engineering and technical support services for the Naval Medical Information Management Center, Bethesda, Maryland. Grove argues that the agency's evaluation of Evolvent's proposal and selection of it for award were unreasonable. We deny the protest. The RFP provided for the award of a time-and-materials contract for a base period of 6-months with four 1-year options. RFP at 23. A statement of work (SOW) described the services to be provided and stated that the contractor would be required to furnish the following staff positions: a project manager/telemedicine systems

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