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B-406409,B-406409.2,B-406409.3,B-406409.4 1 (2012-05-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadovj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I QA 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. L - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - i Decision Matter of: KPMG LLP File: B-406409; B-406409.2; B-406409.3; B-406409.4 Date: May 21, 2012 Michael A. Hordell, Esq., Michael R. Golden, Esq., Heather Kilgore Weiner, Esq., and Samuel Jack, Esq., Pepper Hamilton LLP, for the protester. David S. Cohen, Esq., John J. O'Brien, Esq., and Gabriel E. Kennon, Esq., Cohen Mohr LLP, for Deloitte & Touche LLP, an intervenor. Christopher E. Gagne, Esq., and Arthur L. Passar, Esq., Central Intelligence Agency, for the agency. Paul N. Wengert, Esq., Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., and Sharon L. Larkin, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Agency conducted misleading discussions where it advised protester during discussions that it should provide resumes for all proposed personnel for the lifespan of the contract, but now asserts that the RFP did not require such submission of resumes. 2. Agency failed to conduct an adequate cost realism analysis of proposals for cost- plus-fixed-fee level-of-effort contract where the record is devoid of any meaningful analysis by agency evaluators of their basis for accepting as realistic the awardee's cost proposal, and record showed that, beginning a year into performance, the firm's cost savings depended on replacement of staff whose resumes were relied upon for the awardee's higher technical ratings. DECISION KPMG LLP, of McLean, Virginia, protests the award of a contract to Deloitte & Touche LLP, of Arlington, Virginia, by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) under request for proposals (RFP) No. 2012-11120600005 for accounting and financial services in support of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). KPMG argues that the CIA held misleading discussions, misevaluated the proposals, failed to conduct a proper cost realism analysis, and made an unreasonable source selection decision. We sustain the protest.

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