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B-277614 1 (1997-11-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptagcx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to a I GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: Madison Services, hie. File: B-277614 Date: November 3, 1997 Christopher Solop, Esq., and Lynn Hawkins Patton, Esq., Ott & Purdy, for the protester. Gregory H. Petkoff, Esq., Capt. Steven J. Dunn, and Lt. Col. Gerald M. Lawler, Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Peter A. Jannicelli, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that Air Force personnel, acting in bad faith, improperly gamed a cost comparison conducted pursuant to Office of Management and Budget Circular No. A-76, and that agency's review procedure was biased is denied where protest allegations are not supported by the record, which shows that agency personnel simply made a mistake in preparing agency's in-house cost estimate and that the mistake was corrected during agency's review process. 2. Protest challenging agency decision to retain base operating services in-house, rather than contracting for the services, is denied where agency's decision was reasonably based on the results of a cost comparison conducted pursuant to Office of Management and Budget Circular No. A-76, and the protester has not shown that the cost comparison was faulty or misleading. 3. The General Accounting Office will not review allegations that certain aspects of the contracting agency's cost comparison were incorrect where the protester did not raise the issues in its agency-level cost comparison appeals. DECISION Madison Services, Inc. protests the Air Force's decision to retain in-house performance of base operating services at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. The decision, made in accordance with Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular No. A-76 procedures, was based on a comparison of Madison's offer submitted in response to request for proposals (RFP) No. F41689-95-R-0025 with the Air Force's in-house cost estimate. Madison contends that the cost comparison was flawed for various reasons discussed below.

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