A firm protested the award of a contract contending that the awardee could not provide the required skilled staff and travel expenses to satisfactorily perform the contract at its proposed and awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee price. The protester contended that either it was misled by the Government as to staff skill requirements and the amount of travel involved or that the awardee misrepresented its...

DIGEST: AWARD OF COST REIMBURSEMENT CONTRACT REQUIRES INFORMED JUDGMENT AS TO WHETHER PROPOSAL COSTS ARE REALISTIC AND AWARD OF COST-TYPE CONTRACT REQUIRES MORE THAN ACCEPTANCE OF PROPOSED COST AS SUBMITTED MERELY BECAUSE LOW OFFEROR HAS HISTORY OF PERFORMING WITHOUT COST OVERRUNS OR LOW OFFER IS CLOSE TO LOWER TECHNICALLY RANKED OFFER. THE SOLICITATION WAS FOR TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO...