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 2001-12-19 monographic deposited born digital 18 p. GA 1.13:B-288892 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-288892 P0b002ee18fd44100 f:288892 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-288892 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-288892 B-288892 Comptroller General Decision 1. Contracting agency reasonably determined that contractor's performance of both a contract for operation of the agency's highest echelon calibration laboratory and a contract for operation of lower echelon calibration laboratories did not pose an organizational conflict of interest where government personnel who are responsible for monitoring and measuring contractor performance under both contracts rely primarily on information other than feedback from other contractors in performing these functions. 2. Protest alleging that agency unreasonably failed to recognize several positive aspects of protester's proposal as strengths is denied where protester fails to demonstrate that agency's assessment of the significance of these aspects of its proposal was unreasonable. 3. Protest alleging that agency should have adjusted awardee's cost proposal upward to account for its offering of a lower fringe benefit rate than the rate paid by the incumbent contractor is denied where agency reasonably determined that the awardee's proposed fringe benefit rate, which was [deleted] the rate required in the Department of Labor wage determination included in the solicitation, was realistic. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-288892/html/GAOREPORTS-B-288892.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-288892/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-288892.pdf GAO/B-288892 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-288892 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-288892; Wyle Laboratories, Inc., B-288892; B-288892.2, December 19, 2001;