A firm protested a Navy contract award for engineering and technical support services, contending that the Navy: (1) unreasonably evaluated the bidders' cost and technical proposals; and (2) should have excluded the awardee from the competitive range, since its bid contained weaknesses. GAO held that: (1) the Navy conducted a reasonable cost realism analysis of the awardee's bid and properly downg...

Protester's contention that the agency conducted an unreasonable cost realism review of the awardee's proposed cuts to pay and benefits is denied where the record shows that the agency reasonably concluded that the proposed cost savings should be accepted because the awardee would be able to unilaterally impose such cost-savings measures on its employees. Challenge to agency's decision to accept t...