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B-261367.2 1 (1995-11-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaccb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Sociometrics, Incorporated File: B-261367.2; B-261367.3 Date: November 1, 1995 Paralee White, Esq., Laurel Hockey, Esq., and Joseph A. Zillo, Esq., Cohen & White, for the protester. Nicholas P. Retson, Esq., and Bryant S. Banes, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency. Joel R. Feidelman, Esq., Deneen J. Melander, Esq., and Lawrence E. Ruggiero, Esq., Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, for Science Applications International Corporation, an interested party. Paul E. Jordan, Esq., and Paul Lieberman, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. In procurement for personal services, where awardee's proposal received high ratings for its recruitment plan, alleged changes in awardee's proposed level of effort for recruiting did not require agency to downgrade awardee's proposal, where changes merely represented the deletion of direct labor hours which duplicated indirect hours already included, and which remained in the proposal. 2. In contract for personal services in which level of effort was set at time of award, agency cost realism evaluation reasonably was focused primarily on comparison of proposed labor rates of offerors. 3. Where protester's proposal was rated technically excellent, agency advised the protester of some, but not all, weaknesses in its initial proposal, and protester's responses in its best and final offer resulted in a higher technical score, the agency met its responsibility to conduct meaningful discussions; agency was not required to identify all elements of the proposal which received less than full evaluation credit. 4. Agency record sufficiently documented cost realism analysis and source selection decision which found that proposals were technically equivalent, thus making low cost the determining factor for award. 1056111

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