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 2016-06-24 U.S. Government Publishing Office 1998-03-04 monographic deposited born digital 15 p. GA 1.13:B-278695 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-278695 P0b002ee18fd4b899 f:278695 DGPO 2016-06-24 2016-06-24 GAOREPORTS-B-278695 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-278695 B-278695 Comptroller General Decision

l. Protesters' contentions that agency unreasonably evaluated awardees' and protesters' proposals are denied where the record shows the agency evaluation was reasonable and in accordance with stated evaluation criteria.<p/>2. Protester's contention that its strong performance as the current incumbent should be reflected in the evaluation of its proposal, and that as the incumbent it should receive extra credit in its past performance evaluation is denied where the record shows that the agency appropriately evaluated the proposal based on the merits of the proposal itself, and reasonably gave the highest possible past performance rating--but not extra credit--to the protester and to other offerors who had strong past performance references, even though the other offerors had not served as the incumbent for these services.<p/>3. Protester's argument that the agency is required to perform a cost analysis is denied where the agency is awarding a time-and-materials contract and reasonably concludes that the fixed nature of the labor rates indicates the presence of adequate price competition.<p/>4. Agency redetermination of its initial source selection decision in response to an offeror's questions raised after that offeror's debriefing, but prior to the filing of its protest, is entitled to review along with the other contemporaneous evaluation and selection documents. Protester's contention that such a redetermination should be given little weight by our Office and treated as a redetermination prepared in the heat of the adversarial protest is denied.<p/>5. Protest alleging violation of internal agency policy is not for consideration by General Accounting Office as compliance with such policies is a matter for review by the agency. Our bid protest function focuses instead on whether the agency adhered to law and regulation by evaluating proposals in accordance with the evaluation scheme announced in the solicitation. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-278695/html/GAOREPORTS-B-278695.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-278695/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-278695.pdf GAO/B-278695 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-278695 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-278695; Modern Technologies Corp.; Innovative Technologies Corp.;, B-; Title 10 Section 2306a Title 10 Section 2306a(b)(1)(A) 10 U.S.C. 2306a 10 U.S.C. 2306a(b)(1)(A)