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B-405995 1 (2012-01-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadoqf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O0 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. D e c i s i o n L .-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . . .. Matter of: Paladin Data Systems Corporation File: B-405995 Date: January 18, 2012 James F. Nagle, Esq., Anne Marie Tavella, Esq., and Kate H. Kennedy, Esq., Oles Morrison Rinker & Baker LLP, for the protester. Justin M. Ganderson, Esq., and Jason A. Carey, Esq., McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP, for Phacil, an intervenor. Robert M. Jusko, Esq., Department of the Navy, Naval Sea Systems Command, for the agency. Eric M. Ransom, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest of issuance of a task order to a lower-cost, lower-rated firm was reasonable and consistent with evaluation scheme in which cost/price was the least important evaluation factor, where the agency reasonably determined that payment of cost premium associated with a higher-rated firm was unwarranted. 2. Protest challenging cost realism analysis is denied, where agency performed an analysis of major cost elements utilizing the Defense Contract Audit Agency, the Defense Contract Management Agency, and relevant cost information available to the agency as of the time of its evaluation. DECISION Paladin Data Systems Corporation, of Poulsbo, Washington, protests the issuance of a task order to Phacil, Inc., of Arlington, Virginia, by the Department of the Navy, Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Division Keyport, under solicitation No. N00024- 11 -R-3344, a task order competition set aside for small business firms under the Navy's Seaport-Enhanced (Seaport-e) multiple-award indefinite-delivery, indefinite- quantity (IDIQ) contract, for software development and support services. We deny the protest.

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