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 2008-05-16 monographic deposited born digital 18 p. GA 1.13:B-311245.2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-311245-2 P0b002ee18fd4c688 f:3112452 DGPO 2016-06-24 2016-06-24 GAOREPORTS-B-311245-2 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-311245-2 B-311245.2 Comptroller General Decision 1. Where, due to concerns about their negative effect on contract performance, the solicitation instructed offerors not to propose unrealistically low costs, and the awardee capped its indirect rates at levels that the agency concluded were significantly below its costs, protest is sustained because the agency failed to consider performance risk associated with the awardee's decision to cap its indirect rates.<p/> 2. Discussions with protester regarding allocation of labor hours in its cost proposal were not meaningful where the discussions did not communicate that the agency was concerned about the protester's inconsistent allocation of labor hours between its technical proposal and cost proposal. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-311245-2/html/GAOREPORTS-B-311245-2.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-311245-2/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-311245-2.pdf GAO/B-311245.2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-311245-2 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-311245.2; B-311245.2; B-311245.4, MCT JV, May 16, 2008;