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 2008-08-04 monographic deposited born digital 6 p. GA 1.13:B-311245.5 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-311245-5 P0b002ee18fd4ce6f f:3112455 DGPO 2016-06-24 2016-06-24 GAOREPORTS-B-311245-5 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-311245-5 B-311245.5 Comptroller General Decision Request for reconsideration and modification of recommendation for corrective action--tailored to address prejudicial flaws in the agency's conduct of the procurement--is denied where the awardee/requester showed no error in, but simply disagreed with, our recommendation that the agency conduct meaningful discussions (1) with the protester concerning the inconsistent allocation of labor hours between its cost and technical proposals and (2) with the awardee/requester concerning its unrealistically low capped indirect rates and the effect of its proposed cost cap in terms of performance risk which, while not set forth in the solicitation as a separate evaluation factor, was nevertheless reasonably related to, and encompassed by, the solicitation's cost realism evaluation requirement and the solicitation's caution to offerors that the agency had concerns with the potential for post-award performance problems if an offeror proposed unrealistically low costs. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-311245-5/html/GAOREPORTS-B-311245-5.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-311245-5/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-311245-5.pdf GAO/B-311245.5 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-311245-5 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-311245.5; B-311245.5, Metro Machine Corporation--Reconsideration and Modification of Recommendation, August 4, 2008;