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B-275807.2 1 (1997-04-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptafvr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller 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: Litton Systems, Inc., Amecom Division File: B-275807.2 Date: April 16, 1997 John S. Pachter, Esq., Jonathan D. Shaffer, Esq., and Eun K Chung, Esq., Smith, Pachter, McWhorter and D'Ambrosio, for the protester. Thomas L. McGovern III, Esq., and S. Gregg Kunzi, Esq., Hogan and Hartson, for Lockheed Martin Librascope, an intervenor. Robert W. Poor, Esq., and Jeffrey I. Kessler, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency. Ralph 0. White, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protester's arguments that the cost realism adjustments made to its proposed costs were improper are denied where the record shows that the agency had a reasonable basis for its conclusions. 2. Contention that agency unreasonably evaluated protester's technical proposal, and improperly concluded that the awardee's higher-rated, higher-probable cost proposal offered the best value to the government is denied where the record shows that the agency evaluation was reasonable and in accordance with the stated evaluation criteria. 3. Protest challenging contracting officer's conclusion that there was no basis to discriminate between proposals in the area of performance risk is denied where the record shows that the contracting officer reasonably discounted the differences between the two performance risk assessments using her discretion in accordance with the stated weight of this factor in the evaluation scheme, and expressly documented her conclusion in the source selection decision. 4. Agency's attempt to make a value assessment of additional expenses associated with its selection decision, in addition to its technical evaluation and cost realism adjustments, is not per se unreasonable, so long as the value assessment has a rational basis and otherwise follows the evaluation scheme.

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