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B-409720,B-409720.2 1 (2014-07-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqmj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O 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: Epsilon Systems Solutions, Inc. File: B-409720; B-409720.2 Date: July 21, 2014 David B. Dixon, Esq., S. Douglas Kerner, Esq., Rachel E. Waters, Esq., Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, for the protester. Daniel R. Forman, Esq., James G. Peyster, Esq., Derek R. Mullins, Esq., and Robert J. Sneckenberg, Esq., Crowell & Moring LLP, and Terence Murphy, Esq., and Patrick H. O'Donnell, Esq., Kaufman & Canoles, P.C., for AMSEC, LLC, the intervenor. Stephen P. Anderson, Esq., and Rhonda L. Russ, Esq., Department of the Navy, Naval Sea Systems Command, for the agency. Noah B. Bleicher, Esq., and Sharon L. Larkin, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Challenge to assignment of adjectival ratings under two technical subfactors based solely on definitions included in the source selection plan is denied because source selection plan was not included with the solicitation and is considered an internal agency document that does not give rights to outside parties, and record shows that agency reasonably considered relative merits in source selection. 2. Objections to agency's determinations regarding relevancy of past performance projects is denied where agency used its broad discretion to make reasonable determinations that were consistent with the solicitation. 3. Protest challenging agency's evaluation of proposed subcontractor's past performance is denied where evaluation was reasonable, consistent with the solicitation, and within the discretion of the agency evaluators. 4. Discussions were not misleading where agency warned protester that proposed direct labor rates were low based on one salary survey and later found the increased rates to be acceptable based on additional metrics.

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