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B-413501,B-413501.2 1 (2016-11-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadstt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountabilty * 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 Decision been approved for public release. Matter of: Science Applications International Corporation File: B-413501 ; B-413501.2 Date: November 9, 2016 William L. Walsh, Jr., Esq., J. Scott Hommer, III, Esq., Miranda S. Riemer, Esq., Keir X. Bancroft, Esq., and Michael T. Francel, Esq., Venable LLP, for the protester. Barbara A. Duncombe, Esq., Suzanne Sumner, Esq., and Trenton A. Hamilton, Esq., Taft Stettinius & Hollister, LLP, for Battelle Memorial Institute, an intervenor. Col. C. Taylor Smith and Heather M. Mandelkehr, Esq., Department of the Air Force, and Christopher E. Kernan, Esq., United States Special Operations Command, for the agency. Matthew T. Crosby, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest of agency's evaluation of technical proposals is denied where the record reflects the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation's terms and the applicable procurement statutes and regulations. 2. Protest of agency's decision not to conduct discussions under Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement § 215.306(c), which provides that contracting officers should open discussions in procurements valued over $100 million, is denied where the solicitation advised the agency would make award without discussions if possible, and where the record shows the agency reasonably determined the awardee's technically superior, reasonably-priced proposal represented the best value to the government. DECISION Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), of McLean, Virginia, protests the award of a contract to Battelle Memorial Institute, of Columbus, Ohio, by the United States Special Operations Command under request for proposals (RFP) No. H92222-15-R-0037 for nonstandard commercial vehicles modified for special operations use. SAIC alleges that the agency's evaluation of proposals was unreasonable and that its decision not to conduct discussions was improper.

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