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B-422336,B-422336.2 May 08, 2024 1 (2024-05-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaoqkt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to Decision a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Matter of: Herren Associates, Inc. File: B-422336; B-422336.2 Date: May 8, 2024 Eden Brown Gaines, Esq., Brown Gaines, LLC, for the protester. Gregory R. Hallmark, Esq., and Ronald S. Perlman, Esq., Holland & Knight LLP, for Naval Systems, Inc., the intervenor. Michael T. Patterson, Esq., and Candie L. Rodgers, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Kasia Dourney, Esq., and Alexander 0. Levine, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging cost realism evaluation of protester's proposal is denied where the agency reasonably upwardly adjusted protester's direct rates and other costs, and where the protester fails to demonstrate competitive prejudice. 2. Protest challenging agency's technical evaluation and source selection decision is denied where the record shows that the evaluation and source selection decision were reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. DECISION Herren Associates, Inc., a small business of Washington, D.C., protests the issuance of a task order to Naval Systems, Inc. (NSI), of Lexington Park, Maryland, under request for proposals (RFP) No. N0042123R3001, issued by the Department of the Navy for cost estimating and cost analysis support services. The protester challenges the agency's evaluation of its cost and technical proposals. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The agency issued the solicitation on August 4, 2023, as a small business set-aside, under the procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 16.5, to holders

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