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B-283650 1 (1999-12-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptajna0001 and id is 1 raw text is: -e GeAtOa __Comptroller General of the United States United States General Accounting Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Decision Matter of: Advanced Communication Systems, Inc. File: B-283650; B-283650.2; B-283650.3 Date: December 16, 1999 William L. Walsh, Jr., Esq., J. Scott Hommer III, Esq., and Wm. Craig Dubishar, Esq., Venable, Baetjer and Howard, for the protester. Rand L. Allen, Esq., Philip J. Davis, Esq., and Daniel A Silien, Esq., Wiley, Rein & Fielding, for Boo z-Allen & Hamilto n, Inc., an interveno r. Jean Lewis, Esq., Peter D. Butt, Jr., Esq., and Kevin Travis, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Aldo A. Benejam, Esq., and Christine S. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Allegation that agency's cost realism analysis was flawed because it failed to consider differences in direct labor rates between the awardee's proposed rates and the protester's higher rates is denied, where the record shows that the agency reasonably relied on reviews and recommendations by Defense Contract Audit Agency of the awardee's direct labor hourly rates, and the agency reasonably determined that the projected cost of awardee's performance presented no technical risk. 2. Allegation that awardee engaged in prohibited bait and switch tactic is denied where there is no showing that the offeror knowingly or negligently made any misrepresentation regarding employees that it did not expect to furnish during c o ntrac t perfo rmanc e. 3. Protester's contention that agency improperly evaluated its proposal is denied where the record shows that the agency evaluated in accordance with the criteria announced in the solicitation and the record reasonably supports the evaluators' ratings. DECISION Advanced Communication Systems, Inc. (ACS) protests the award of contracts to the team led by Booz-Allen & Hamilton, Inc. under request for proposals (RFP) No. N00039-99-R-3205(Q), issued by the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command

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