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 2002-08-07 monographic deposited born digital 14 p. GA 1.13:B-287608.3 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-287608-3 P0b002ee18fd474ff f:2876083 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-287608-3 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-287608-3 B-287608.3 Comptroller General Decision 1. In implementing prior GAO recommendation to amend solicitation and request revised proposals, agency properly permitted awardee to change various portions of its cost and technical proposal where solicitation amendment specifically advised all offerors that they were permitted to *change any or all portions of their proposal.* 2. In performing past performance evaluation, agency reasonably declined to attribute the past performance of an offeror's affiliate to that offeror where, based on the agency's independent research, it determined that the affiliate was a separate legal entity, that the two entities had substantially differing workforces, management, and facilities, and that the offeror's affiliate was not likely to be involved in performing the contract being competed. 3. Agency's cost realism analysis of awardee's proposed staffing costs is not supported where the record is devoid of any meaningful explanation from the agency evaluators of their basis for accepting as realistic the awardee's proposed [deleted] reduced staffing levels. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-287608-3/html/GAOREPORTS-B-287608-3.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-287608-3/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-287608-3.pdf GAO/B-287608.3 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-287608-3 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-287608.3; National City Bank of Indiana, B-287608.3, August 7, 2002;