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B-405077 1 (2011-08-12)

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 A       GA        O                                                  Comptroller General
f. A    Accountabity * Integrity * Reliability                          of the United States
  United States Government Accountability Office
  Washington, DC 20548                                  DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
                                                      The decision issued on the date below was subject to a
                                                      GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been

          Dec*ionapproved for public release.


          Matter  of:  Orion Technology, Inc.

          File:        B-405077

          Date:        August 12, 2011

          Jerome  S. Gabig, Esq., Sirote & Permutt, PC, for the protester.
          Robert T. Wu, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency.
          Matthew  T. Crosby, Esq., and Sharon L. Larkin, Esq., Office of the General Counsel,
          GAO,  participated in the preparation of the decision.
          DIGEST

          Agency  properly rejected proposal where offeror failed to furnish cost information
          expressly required by solicitation and necessary for cost evaluation described in
          solicitation.
          DECISION

          Orion Technology, Inc., of Huntsville, Alabama, protests the elimination of its
          proposal from consideration for award by the Department of the Army, Mission and
          Installation Contracting Command, under request for proposals (RFP)
          No. W9124J-11-R-0001 for support services at various Army installations.

          We  deny the protest.

          BACKGROUND

          On  December  7, 2010, the agency issued the solicitation as a total small business
          set-aside for garrison augmentation support services at various Army installations
          located in the United States. RFP at 1, 2; Performance Work Statement (PWS) §§ 1,
          5.2.1. The solicitation contemplated the award of multiple indefinite-delivery/
          indefinite-quantity contracts, each with a 12-month base period and four 1-year
          options. RFP  §§ B2, at 3, M. 1.2, at 95. Awards were to be made without discussions,
          although the agency reserved the right to conduct discussions if necessary. Id.
          § M. 1.2, at 95. The solicitation described the basis for award as the best value to the
          Government,  considering the following three evaluation factors: mission capability,
          past performance, and cost/price. Id. § M.1. 1, at 95.

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