B-270814,B-270814.2: Apr 25, 1996

A firm protested a Navy contract award for maritime related engineering, technical, and analytical services, contending that the Navy: (1) failed to include transition costs in its evaluation of bid; (2) improperly evaluated the awardee's technical proposal; and (3) should have rejected the awardee's bid, since its proposed labor rates posed undue risk. GAO held that the Navy properly: (1) did not...

B-270814,B-270814.2: Apr 25, 1996

Agency evaluation of awardee's technical proposal which did not take into account the need for a phase-in training period is unobjectionable where phase-in training was neither a requirement nor an evaluation factor. Protest that agency should have rejected awardee's offer as presenting an unacceptable cost risk because it contained disproportionate prices for two labor categories is denied where...