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B-281199.2 1 (1999-03-04)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptajfm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Symvionics, hie. File: B-281199.2 Date: March 4, 1999 Charlotte Rothenberg Rosen, Esq., and Monica C. Parchment, Esq., Tucker, Flyer & Lewis, for the protester. John E. Lariccia, Esq., and Martin F. McAlwee, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Paul E. Jordan, Esq., and Paul Lieberman, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest of agency determination based on cost comparison under which agency failed to seal its management plan/most efficient organization (MP/MEO), contrary to Office of Management and Budget Circular No. A-76 guidelines, is denied where the agency had the approved MP/MEO secured until the cost comparison was conducted and the failure to seal it did not materially affect the cost comparison. 2. Under A-76 cost comparison, agency properly corrected proposed agency use of impermissible volunteer effort by adding sufficient personnel and labor hours to replace the volunteer effort. 3. Protest that A-76 cost comparison was defective because agency failed to specifically allocate replacement hours or to describe in detail how replacement personnel would handle tasks previously proposed for volunteers is denied where the number of personnel and labor hours, in context, are more than sufficient to cover volunteer effort and to meet all performance work statement responsibilities. DECISION Symvionics, Inc., protests the determination by the Department of the Air Force, pursuant to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular No. A-76, that it would be more economical to operate housing management functions at Patrick Air Force Base (PAFB), Florida using in-house, Air Force civilian personnel, rather than to contract for these services. Symvionics alleges that the Air Force violated various provisions of OMB Circular No. A-76 in conducting the comparison under request for proposals (RFP) No. F08650-98-R-0009 that provided the basis for the

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