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B-272884 1 (1996-11-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaejz0001 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: EDAW, Inc. File: B-272884 Date: November 1, 1996 G. Brian Busey, Esq., and Kenneth W. Irvin, Esq., Morrison & Foerster, LLP, for the protester. Justin P. Patterson, Esq., Sherry Kinland Kaswell, Esq., and James L Weiner, Esq., Department of the Interior, for the agency. Paula A. Williams, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Where offeror for cost-type contract proposed certain contingency labor hours, contracting agency, in performing its cost realism analysis, may reasonably delete these proposed labor hours and costs where the record establishes that they were not required for successful performance of the contract services. 2. Where the two highest-rated technical proposals were reasonably determined to be essentially equal technically, award properly was made to the offeror with the lower evaluated costs, notwithstanding the solicitation's emphasis on technical merit over cost DECISION EDAW, Inc. protests the award of a contract to Dames & Moore (D&M) under request for proposal (RFP) No. 1425-6-SP-10-13840, issued by the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), for the preparation of resource management plans (RMPs) in the Columbia Basin Area of Washington State. EDAW challenges the agency's evaluation of cost proposals, and the determination that D&M's proposal offered the lowest cost and best value to the government. We deny the protest. The RFP, as amended, contemplated the award of an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity, labor hour contract for a base year with four 1-year options. The awardee will prepare RMPs for the development and management of the land and water resources at Potholes and Banks Lake Reservoirs. The RMP services include 516123

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