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B-299981 1 (2007-09-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptauhp0001 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 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: Navarro Research and Engineering, Inc. File: B-299981; B-299981.3 Date: September 28, 2007 Brian W. Craver, Esq., Person & Craver, LLP, for the protester. Joseph P. Hornyak, Esq., and Allison V. Feierabend, Esq., Holland & Knight, LLP, for The S.M. Stoller Corporation, an intervenor. Charmaine A. Howson, Esq., and Patricia D. Graham, Esq., Department of Energy, 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 1. Where solicitation contemplated award of fixed-price contract, price realism analysis was reasonable where agency compared proposed prices to government estimate and other proposed prices, and ensured that prices reflected specified labor categories and hours specified by RFP. 2. Protest that awardee's proposal unreasonably received evaluation credit for exceeding solicitation requirements is denied; where solicitation provides for award on best value basis, agency reasonably may assess as a proposal advantage degree to which proposal exceeds minimum solicitation requirements. 3. Protest that awardee received improper competitive advantage due to status as incumbent contractor is denied; agency is not required to discount competitive advantage gained by virtue of performance as incumbent contractor. DECISION Navarro Research and Engineering, Inc. protests the award of a contract to The S.M. Stoller Co. under request for proposals (RFP) No. DE-RP1-06LM00060, issued by the Department of Energy (DOE) for support services. Navarro complains that the agency improperly evaluated offerors' technical proposals and failed to perform an adequate price realism analysis. We deny the protest.

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