B-224551: Feb 13, 1987

A firm protested a Navy contract award to another firm for maintenance and upgrade of a data program, contending that: (1) the Navy should have rejected the awardee's proposal because the awardee calculated its labor rates using a prohibited accounting practice; (2) the Navy failed to adjust the awardee's bid price to reflect its subcontractors' use of prohibited accounting practices; and (3) the...

B-224551: Feb 13, 1987

PROTEST THAT PURSUANT TO SOLICITATION PROVISION CONCERNING COST REALISM CONTRACTING AGENCY SHOULD HAVE REJECTED COMPETITOR'S PROPOSAL FOR UNREALISTIC PRICING IS DENIED WHERE PROVISION CLEARLY ONLY CONTEMPLATED COST REALISM ANALYSIS AND ADJUSTMENT. THEY ARGUABLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED UPWARD FOR COST REALISM PURPOSES IS INSUFFICIENT BASIS TO CHALLENGE CONTRACTING AGENCY'S COST REALISM ANALYSIS....