United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao_comptroller_general legislative 2016-06-23 U.S. Government Publishing Office 1997-11-03 monographic deposited born digital 10 p. GA 1.13:B-277614 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-277614 P0b002ee18fd4a6ee f:277614 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-277614 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-277614 B-277614 Comptroller General Decision 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.<p/>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.<p/>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. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-277614/html/GAOREPORTS-B-277614.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-277614/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-277614.pdf GAO/B-277614 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-277614 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-277614; Madison Services, Inc., B-277614, November 3, 1997;