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 2002-08-08 monographic deposited born digital 10 p. GA 1.13:B-290467 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-290467 P0b002ee18fd44095 f:290467 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-290467 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-290467 B-290467 Comptroller General Decision 1. Protest against determination to retain in-house certain real property maintenance functions as a result of a cost comparison conducted pursuant to Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76, alleging that agency improperly failed to include costs for all of the personnel required to meet the requirements of the performance work statement (PWS), or to appropriately reduce the evaluated cost of contractor performance, is denied; the record provides no basis to question the reasonableness of the agency's finding that, as adjusted, the cost of in-house performance included all staffing necessary to meet the PWS requirements, and that after appropriate reduction to the evaluated cost of contractor performance had been taken as well, the cost of in-house performance remained low by a substantial margin. 2. Adjustment to the most efficient organization (MEO) staffing cost estimate as necessary to satisfy the performance work statement requirements, based on findings by the agency administrative appeals board after consultation with MEO study team, is an appropriate element of agency-level A-76 appeal process, the adoption of which does not provide a basis to object to the propriety of the cost comparison determination. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-290467/html/GAOREPORTS-B-290467.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-290467/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-290467.pdf GAO/B-290467 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-290467 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-290467; Pacific Support Group, LLC, B-290467, August 8, 2002;