B-261827.3: Feb 1, 1996

A firm protested a Navy contract award for engineering support services, contending that the: (1) awardee was engaging in bait-and-switch tactics for program manager personnel; (2) Navy unreasonably evaluated the cost and technical proposals; (3) Navy improperly made award based on initial proposals; and (4) Navy failed to obtain a Defense Contract Auditing Agency (DCAA) audit of the awardee's pro...

B-261827.3: Feb 1, 1996

Agency could properly make award on basis of initial proposals where solicitation advised offerors of this possibility and contracting officer's decision not to engage in discussions was reasonable. With result that protester's cost was higher than awardee's is denied. Where upward adjustment of protester's cost was unobjectionable in the two challenged elements. Evaluation of awardee's cost was u...