《Decision》.pdfVIP

Comptroller General of the United States United States Government Accountability Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Decision Matter of: American Technical Services, Inc. File: B-407168; B-407168.2 Date: November 21, 2012 John A. Burkholder, Esq., McKenna Long Aldridge LLP, for the protester. Samuel Frazer, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Noah B. Bleicher, Esq., and Sharon L. Larkin, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that the agency performed an unreasonable cost realism analysis is denied where the record shows that the agency reasonably relied on indirect cost rate data that was provided by the protester specifically for cost analysis purposes. 2. Protest that the awardee’s subcontractor had an unequal access to information organizational conflict of interest is denied where the allegations were not based on hard facts. DECISION American Technical Services, Inc. (ATS), of Glendale, California, protests the issuance of a task order to AdapTech Corporation, of Clifton, Virginia, under request for proposals (RFP) No. N00024-11-R-3315, by the Department of the Navy for