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 2016-06-24 U.S. Government Publishing Office 2002-01-03 monographic deposited born digital 12 p. GA 1.13:B-289087 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-289087 P0b002ee18fd4bce0 f:289087 DGPO 2016-06-24 2016-06-24 GAOREPORTS-B-289087 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-289087 B-289087 Comptroller General Decision 1. Protest challenging agency decision to retain base operations and maintenance support services in-house as a result of a cost comparison pursuant to Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76, which alleges that the in-house cost estimate failed to use predetermined or "plug-in" material costs that private-sector offers were required to offer is denied, where the agency states that the proposed in-house material costs were derived from the same historical data from which the plug-in prices were calculated and it is undisputed that the in-house material costs were higher than the plug-in costs used by the protester. 2. Agency's determination, under a cost comparison pursuant to Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76, that the "most efficient organization" for in-house performance identified and stated costs for all positions necessary to perform the performance work statement requirements was reasonable. 3. Protest challenging a cost comparison pursuant to Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76, which alleges that the amount of contract administration costs added to the protester's proposed price was unreasonable because the grade structure of contract administrators was too high, is denied, where the protester did not show that the agency's explanation for the grade structure was unreasonable. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-289087/html/GAOREPORTS-B-289087.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-289087/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-289087.pdf GAO/B-289087 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-289087 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-289087; NVT Technologies, Inc., B-289087, January 3, 2002;