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B-422757,B-422757.3,B-422757.5 Oct 18, 2024 1 (2024-10-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaoqzw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 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 a GAO Protective Order. This version has been Decision approved for public release. Matter of: IBSS Corporation File: B-422757; B-422757.3; B-422757.5 Date: October 18, 2024 Ryan C. Bradel, Esq., Chelsea A. Padgett, Esq., and Camille Chambers, Esq., Ward & Berry, PLLC, for the protester. Jonathan D. Shaffer, Esq., Zachary D. Prince, Esq., and Jonathan K. Keller, Esq., Haynes and Boone, LLP, for Blue Glacier Management Group, Inc., the intervenor. Jeremiah Kline, Esq., and Michael C. Ahl, Esq., Department of Commerce, for the agency. Michael P. Price, Esq., and John Sorrenti, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of the awardee's staffing plan pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) provision 52.222-46 is sustained where the agency failed to meaningfully evaluate the awardee's proposed compensation that was lower than the compensation from the predecessor contract, as required by the terms of the provision. 2. Protest challenging agency's evaluation of the protester's staffing plan pursuant to FAR provision 52.222-46 is denied where the record demonstrates the agency reasonably assessed the protester's proposal a rating of low confidence. 3. Protest alleging awardee engaged in a bait and switch of key personnel is dismissed where the protest does not sufficiently allege that the awardee knowingly or negligently represented that it intended to rely on personnel who would not be available to perform under the contract. 4. Protest alleging agency engaged in unequal discussions with the awardee and subsequently improperly evaluated the awardee's revised pricing is denied where the agency's conduct of exchanges and subsequent evaluation were consistent with the terms of the solicitation and otherwise reasonable.

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