SOLICITATION WAS ISSUED AND PROPOSALS WERE OPENED WHEN TM-6 WAS STILL EFFECTIVE. WHICH WERE BASED UPON MOCK- REDUCTION OF FORCE AND WHICH WERE PART OF COST COMPARISON BETWEEN IN-HOUSE AND CONTRACT EFFORT CONDUCTED PURSUANT TO OMB CIRCULAR A-76 AND COST COMPARISON HANDBOOK. WERE ERRONEOUS OR EXCESSIVE. THIS DETERMINATION WAS BASED ON A COMPARISON OF SSI'S PROPOSAL SUBMITTED UNDER REQUEST FOR PROPOS...

A firm protested the Navy's determination that it could perform specific services at a lower cost in-house rather than contracting out. The Navy made its decision after it had compared its cost estimate with the protester's. The protester contended that the Navy improperly added an amount to its bid and that the addition was false and misleading. GAO held that, despite the protester's allegation t...