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 1999-01-04 monographic deposited born digital 22 p. GA 1.13:B-281142 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-281142 P0b002ee18fd44334 f:281142 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-281142 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-281142 B-281142 Comptroller General Decision 1. Discussions regarding protester's significantly understated staffing estimates were meaningful where the protester was generally advised of a number of significant shortfalls in its estimates, specifically informed of the single-most significant area of concern, and advised to provide detailed support for its estimates.<p/>2. Technical evaluation that concluded that the protester's proposal's staffing estimates for ship conversion work evidenced a lack of understanding was reasonable where the proposed staffing was significantly less than that reflected in the independent government estimate, which was based on actual data from completed contracts for similar ship conversion work, as well as the contract cost experiences on conversion work on sister ships, and the protester's proposal did not provide adequate support for the claims of substantial efficiencies as would justify such low staffing estimates.<p/>3. Agency's application of an "intrinsic value" cost evaluation factor included in a solicitation for ship conversion work to credit offerors for proposed early completion of ship repair was unobjectionable.<p/>4. Where the solicitation gave significant evaluation weight to determining the realism of staffing estimates to assess understanding of the scope of work, the agency properly selected a higher-rated, higher-cost proposal that was determined to exhibit superior understanding instead of a lower-cost proposal, which was reasonably found to lack understanding as evidenced by its offer of staffing levels significantly below those reasonably determined to be necessary to perform the contract work. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-281142/html/GAOREPORTS-B-281142.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-281142/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-281142.pdf GAO/B-281142 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-281142 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-281142; National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, B-281142; B-281142.2, January 4, 1999;