Two firms protested a Navy contract award to another firm for engineering support services, contending that the Navy did not properly evaluate the awardee's proposal for cost realism. The first protester also contended that the: (1) awardee did not propose adequate wages for support personnel; and (2) Army had debarred the awardee. The second protester also contended that: (1) a solicitation amend...

Protest contentions relating to proposal deficiencies raised in negotiation letter and relating to request for proposals amendment are untimely because issues were required to be raised before the due date for receipt of revised proposals but were raised later. Higher cost offeror is not justified in light of the acceptable level of technical competence available at the lower cost. Agency realism...