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 1999-12-29 monographic deposited born digital 9 p. GA 1.13:B-280766.5 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-280766-5 P0b002ee18fd42c75 f:2807665 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-280766-5 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-280766-5 B-280766.5 Comptroller General Decision 1. Protest alleging that agency, in implementing recommendation in decision sustaining a protest, improperly reopened discussions with firm whose proposal had been eliminated from competitive range is denied where the firm's proposal had been recommended for elimination for award, but was not actually eliminated from the competitive range.<p/>2. Challenge to cost realism analysis is denied where, notwithstanding limited analysis performed by agency, protester has not identified any prejudicial flaw in analysis and record does not indicate any weakness in analysis prejudiced protester.<p/>3. Agency was not required to find awardee's proposed general and administrative rate unduly low where the rate was capped, and thus created no cost realism problem, and the rate was not so much lower than the firm's approved provisional rate as to require a finding that it created risk for the agency. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-280766-5/html/GAOREPORTS-B-280766-5.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-280766-5/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-280766-5.pdf GAO/B-280766.5 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-280766-5 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-280766.5; E.L. Hamm & Associates, Inc., B-280766.5, December 29, 1999;