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B-271682 1 (1996-07-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaefn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE A protected decision was issued on the date below and was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This version has been redacted or approved by the parties involved for public release. Matter of: Defense Technology, Inc. File: B-271682 Date: July 17, 1996 F. Stuart Hodgson, for the protester. Susan K. Luther, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. David A. Ashen, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency failed to evaluate the increased technical risk which allegedly would result from awardee's proposal to reduce compensation for its incumbent technical instructors is denied where agency reasonably concluded that the proposed reduction would not adversely affect the quality of performance, because (1) the instructors would still be compensated at above-market rates (exceeding those at which the protester's instructors were to be paid); (2) the awardee's proposal indicated an ability readily to replace its proposed instructors; and (3) any risks associated with substitutions would be minimal since the solicitation contemplated award of a fixed-price contract and provided that any replacement personnel required the prior approval of the contracting officer and had to possess qualifications equal to or higher than the qualifications of the personnel being replaced. DECISION Defense Technology, Inc. (DTI) protests the award of a contract to VSE, Inc. under request for proposals (RFP) No. N00164-95-R-0008, issued by the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Naval Ordnance Station (NAVORDSTA), Louisville, Kentucky, for training program support for the Mark 15 Close-In Weapons System (CIWS). DTI challenges the evaluation of technical and price proposals. We deny the protest. The solicitation contemplated the award of an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity labor-hour contract to furnish CIWS training and instruction support to NAVORDSTA for a 1-year base period, with four 1-year option periods. The solicitation listed 10 courses on the Mark 15 CIWS, ranging in length from 1 to 43586

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