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B-310825 1 (2008-02-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptavyh0001 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: DRS C3 Systems, LLC File: B-310825; B-310825.2 Date: February 26, 2008 David Z. Bodenheimer, Esq., Puja Satiani, Esq., and James G. Peyster, Esq., Crowell & Moring, LLP, for the protester. W. Jay DeVecchio, Esq., Edward Jackson, Esq., Damien C. Specht, Esq., and Kevin C. Dwyer, Esq., Jenner & Block LLP, for General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, an intervenor. Andrew C. Saunders, Esq., and Alex F. Matin, Esq., Naval Sea Systems Command, for the agency. Louis A. Chiarella, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest alleging that firm had developed governmentwide standard applicable to the item being procured, thereby having an unfair informational advantage over other competitors, is denied where record establishes that firm did not have a role in developing the relevant governmentwide standard. 2. A competitive advantage that derives from an offeror's previous performance under a government contract is not an unfair competitive advantage that agency is required to neutralize. 3. Contracting agency engaged in meaningful discussions where agency advised protester of specific weaknesses regarding lack of a selected software architecture approach; agency was not required to also afford the protester an opportunity to cure proposal defects first introduced either in response to discussions or in a post- discussion proposal revision. 4. Protest challenging the evaluation of technical proposals is denied where the record establishes that the agency's evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the evaluation criteria. 5. Protest that past performance evaluation was unreasonable is sustained where record shows that: the findings in the agency evaluation report were not consistent

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