[Protests of Air Force Contract Award for Computer Network Operation and Maintenance]
Highlights
Two firms protested an Air Force contract award for computer network operation and maintenance, contending that the Air Force unreasonably: (1) evaluated the bids; and (2) upwardly adjusted one protester's bid price. GAO held that the: (1) Air Force reasonably evaluated the protesters' management experience; (2) Air Force was not required to consider the proposed subcontractors' experience, since the prime contractor would be ultimately responsible for contract performance; (3) Air Force reasonably adjusted one protester's bid price to reflect the protester's proposed labor costs; (4) Air Force reasonably determined that the awardee's proposed management and technical approaches were acceptable; (5) Air Force reasonably determined that the second protester's bid was technically unacceptable, since its proposed personnel did not meet the solicitation's minimum personnel qualifications; and (6) second protester was not sufficiently interested to protest the Air Force's evaluation of the awardee's bid, since it would not be in line for award even if its protest were sustained. Accordingly, the protests were denied.