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 2010-10-18 U.S. Government Printing Office 2003-10-03 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:B-291594.3 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-291594-3 P0b002ee180b12ea5 f:2915943 DGPO 2010-10-18 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-B-291594-3 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-291594-3 B-291594.3 Comptroller General Decision 1. Where solicitation for cost-reimbursement contract required offerors to provide supporting rationale for proposed costs and protester failed to provide credible support for its proposed staffing levels, as confirmed by hearing testimony provided by protester's personnel, agency reasonably increased protester's proposed staffing levels, for cost evaluation purposes, with regard to tasks the agency considered understaffed. 2. Agency conducted meaningful discussions with protester where it identified every work item the agency believed to be understaffed and sought additional information from the protester regarding the bases for its staffing calculations. 3. Where solicitation for cost-reimbursement contract to perform ship repairs advised offerors that prior contracts involving drydocking and contracts performed on a cost-reimbursement basis would be more relevant for purposes of evaluating past performance, agency properly considered those factors in determining the relative relevance of offerors' prior contracts, and protester's assertion that it was entitled to past performance rating of *excellent* rather than [deleted] constitutes mere disagreement with the agency's judgment.________________________________ https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-291594-3/html/GAOREPORTS-B-291594-3.htm GAO/B-291594.3 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-291594-3 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-291594.3; Marine Hydraulics International, Inc., B-291594.3, October 3, 2003;