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B-419961.3,B-419961.4 Feb 10, 2022 1 (2022-02-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaomuh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
441 G St. N.W.                                       Comptroller General
Washington, DC 20548                                 of the United States
DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
The decision issued on the date below was subject to
D  ecisio   nI                     a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has
D eci s o                      been approved for public release.
Matter of: Science Applications International Corporation
File:     B-419961.3; B-419961.4
Date:     February 10, 2022
Daniel R. Forman, Esq., Michael E. Samuels, Esq., Cherie J. Owen, Esq., Lyndsay A.
Gorton, Esq., and Alexandra L. Barbee-Garrett, Esq., Crowell & Moring LLP, for the
protester.
Paul F. Khoury, Esq., Craig Smith, Esq., Kendra P. Norwood, Esq., Sarah B. Hansen,
Esq., and Jennifer Eve Retener, Esq., Wiley Rein LLP, for Leidos, Inc., the intervenor.
Vincent A. Salgado, Esq., Marla Harrington, Esq., Cody Corley, Esq., and Eric
Freeman, Esq., National Aeronautics and Space Administration, for the agency.
Sarah T. Zaffina, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General
Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST
1. Protest that the awardee gained an unfair competitive advantage based on a
consulting agreement with a former government official is denied where the record does
not support the allegation.
2. Protest that the awardee's proposal failed to meet a material solicitation requirement
when it proposed a fringe benefit rate below the rate required in a Service Contract Act
(SCA) wage determination is denied where the awardee's proposal expressly indicated
an intent to comply with the SCA.
3. Protest of the agency's cost realism evaluation is denied where the agency
reasonably concluded that the awardee's proposed direct labor rates were realistic,
even though some rates were below the incumbent's rates.
4. Protest that the agency failed to conduct a cost realism evaluation of the awardee's
minor subcontractors' proposed direct labor costs is denied where the record shows that
the agency's cost realism analysis was conducted in accordance with the solicitation.
DECISION
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), of Reston, Virginia, protests the
award of the Advanced Enterprise Global Information Solutions (AEGIS) contract to

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