B-261132: Aug 18, 1995

A firm protested a proposed Navy contract award for engineering and technical support services, contending that the Navy: (1) conducted an unreasonable cost realism analysis of the awardee's bid; and (2) improperly failed to downgrade the awardee's bid for the excessive use of uncompensated overtime. GAO held that the: (1) Navy properly made adjustments in the awardee's proposed direct labor rates...

B-261132: Aug 18, 1995

Protest that agency conducted an unreasonable cost realism review of the awardee's proposed use of uncompensated overtime because the agency's cost analysis panel failed to accurately convey the Defense Contract Audit Agency's view that the awardee's proposed use of uncompensated overtime was excessive is denied where the cost realism adjustments ultimately applied the awardee's actual direct labo...