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 2007-11-05 monographic deposited born digital 13 p. GA 1.13:B-309996 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-309996 P0b002ee18fd4e665 f:309996 DGPO 2016-06-24 2016-06-24 GAOREPORTS-B-309996 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-309996 B-309996 Comptroller General Decision 1. Protest is sustained in a negotiated procurement for award on a "best value" basis where the source selection authority (SSA) did not reasonably assess the protester's evaluated superior technical merit in the SSA's cost/technical tradeoff assessment.<p/> 2. Protest is sustained in a negotiated procurement for the award of a cost-reimbursement contract, where the agency in its cost realism assessment accepted the awardee's work allocation in its cost proposal, but that allocation was inconsistent with the firm's allocation of work in its technical proposal.<p/> 3. Protest is sustained in a negotiated procurement for the award of a cost-reimbursement contract, where the agency in its cost realism assessment applied the protester's historic division-wide composite labor rate rather than the protester's proposed labor rate to perform the solicitation's notional work package and the agency did not consider the protester's explanation during discussions that the firm's division-wide rate included labor categories that the protester would not use in performing in accordance with its proposed technical approach to meeting the notional work package. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-309996/html/GAOREPORTS-B-309996.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-309996/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-309996.pdf GAO/B-309996 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-309996 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-309996; B-309996; B-309996.4, Earl Industries, LLC, November 5, 2007;