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B-262181 1 (1995-10-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaceb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Northrop Worldwide Aircraft Services, Inc. File: B-262181 Date: October 27, 1995 J. William Eshelman, Esq., and Michael C. Poliner, Esq., Feith and Zell, and Paul C. Burkholder, Esq., Northrop Grumman Corporation, for the protester. R. Timothy Hanlon, Esq., Devon E. Hewitt, Esq., and Mark L. Whitaker, Esq., Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge, for Loral Training and Technical Services, an interested party. Douglas M. Whitehead, Esq., and Gregory H. Petkoff, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Tania L. Calhoun, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST While contracting agency improperly failed to conduct meaningful discussions with the protester when it rated its acceptable technical proposal as having a high proposal risk for several weaknesses related to manning, but did not inform it of the agency's concerns regarding those weaknesses, there is no reasonable possibility that the protester was prejudiced by this impropriety because discussions could have improved only the technical rating of the protester's proposal to the level of the awardee's, but would not have affected its inferior current and past performance rating, which was pivotal in the award decision. DECISION Northrop Worldwide Aircraft Services, Inc. protests the award of a contract to Loral Training and Technical Services under request for proposals (RFP) No. F26600-94-R- 0172, issued by the Department of the Air Force for the operation and maintenance of electronic threats and targets on the U.S. Air Force Weapons and Tactics Center Range Complex (WTCRC) at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. Northrop argues that the Air Force improperly failed to conduct meaningful discussions with the firm. We deny the protest. The solicitation, issued December 17, 1994, anticipated award of a cost-plus-award- fee contract under which the successful offeror would provide all of the management and labor to operate and maintain the range systems and equipment 1311027

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