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 2011-03-04 U.S. Government Printing Office 2001-03-27 monographic deposited born digital 14 p. GA 1.13:B-286194.3 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-286194-3 P0b002ee180c172f1 f:2861943 DGPO 2011-03-04 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-B-286194-3 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-286194-3 B-286194.3 Comptroller General Decision 1. Protest challenging the propriety of the Department of the Navy's determination, pursuant to Office of Management and Budget Circular No. A-76, that the most efficient organization/management study (MEO/MS) for in-house performance offered the same level of performance and performance quality as the selected private-sector proposal was clearly meritorious, where certain strengths in the selected private-sector proposal that were identified during the best value competition were not considered by the agency in determining that the MEO/MS offered the same level of performance and performance quality, the agency accepted without adequate analysis unsupported claims made by the MEO/MS team regarding the MEO/MS's ability to achieve the same level of performance and performance quality as the best value private-sector proposal, and the MEO/MS provided for the performance of a certain task by individuals who were not part of the MEO/MS and whose labor costs were not accounted for in the MEO/MS.<p/>2. General Accounting Office recommends that the protester be reimbursed for the costs of filing and pursuing its protest challenging the Department of the Navy's determination, pursuant to Office of Management and Budget Circular No. A-76, that it would be more economical to perform base operations and support services in-house, rather than contract for these services with the protester, where the protest was clearly meritorious and the contracting agency did not take corrective action in response to the protest until after the submission of an agency report, the protester's comments, a supplemental agency report, supplemental comments, and an alternative dispute resolution conference during which the GAO attorney assigned to the protest informed the agency that it had significant litigation risk with regard to a number of issues raised by the protest. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-286194-3/html/GAOREPORTS-B-286194-3.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-286194-3/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-286194-3.pdf GAO/B-286194.3 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-286194-3 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-286194.3; The Jones/Hill Joint Venture--Costs, B-286194.3, March 27, 2001;