B-289605.3: Aug 6, 2003

Sodexho Management, Inc. requests that we determine the amount it should recover from the Department of the Navy for the costs of preparing its proposal and for the costs of filing and pursuing its protest of the Navy's determination, pursuant to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-76, that it would be more economical to perform various community services in-house at the Pensacola Nav...

B-289605.3: Aug 6, 2003

A-76 is denied because such costs are not. Administrative appeals costs are tantamount to agency-level protest costs. Protester should not be paid costs incurred in filing and pursuing unsuccessful protest issues where those issues are readily severable from a successful protest issue. Protester claiming reimbursement of the costs of preparing its proposal and the costs of filing and pursuing its...