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B-419254,B-419254.2 Jan 11, 2021 1 (2021-01-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaolht0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 1O o U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE A Century of Non-Partisan Fact-Based Work 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States Decision DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: CDI C, Inc. File: B-419254; B-419254.2 Date: January 11, 2021 Jonathan T. Cain, Esq., and Justin Nahama, Esq., Fisher Broyles, LLP, for the protester. Jonathan D. Perrone, Esq., Whitcomb Selinsky, P.C., for Council Rock Consulting, Inc., the intervenor. Anthony E. Marrone, Esq., and Kevin Misener, Esq., Department of Health and Human Services, for the agency. Alexander O. Levine, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest asserting that agency did not reasonably adjust the awardee's indirect costs as part of its cost realism evaluation is denied where agency reasonably adjusted the costs using the audited rates of a contractor performing similar work. 2. Protest asserting that awardee engaged in a bait and switch of proposed key personnel is denied where the protester has not shown that the awardee did not reasonably expect to provide the proposed personnel. DECISION CDIC, Inc., a small business located in Fort Worth, Texas, protests the award of a contract to Council Rock Consulting, Inc., a small business located in North Bethesda, Maryland, pursuant to request for proposals (RFP) No. 75N93019R00022, issued by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for administrative services in support of the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) National Biosafety and Biocontainment Training Program (NBBTP). The protester contends the agency conducted an unreasonable cost realism evaluation and also asserts that Council Rock engaged in a bait and switch with respect to several key personnel, including a former government official who was barred from performing on the contract. We deny the protest.

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