Advanced Systems Technology and Management, Inc. V. B-291529

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B-291529 1 (2002-12-20)

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G A 0Comptroller General
A- Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States
United States General Accounting Office
Washington, DC 20548

Decision

Matter of: Advanced Systems Technology and Management, Inc.

File: B-291529

Date: December 20, 2002

Ms. Yue Guan for the protester.
Sandra M. De Balzo, Esq., Drug Enforcement Administration, for the agency.
Paul E. Jordan, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

Protest of agency's price evaluation is denied where agency met requirements of the
solicitation and the Federal Acquisition Regulation by comparing awardee's prices to
other offerors', government estimate, and predecessor contract prices before
concluding that prices reasonably reflected price of performing in accordance with
proposed technical approach.
DECISION

Advanced Systems Technology and Management, Inc. (ASTM) protests the award of
a contract to NW Systems, Inc. under request for proposals (RFP) No. DEA-02-R-
0002, issued by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Department of Justice,
for services in connection with the Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Information
System (NADDIS). ASTM challenges the agency's evaluation of NWS's price
proposal.

We deny the protest.

In furtherance of its mission to enforce the narcotics laws of the United States, the
DEA created the NADDIS as the central repository of information regarding persons,
businesses, vessels, or other names of interest that have been reported by any of the
agency's various investigatory arms. The RFP, a section 8(a) set-aside, sought
proposals for all necessary personnel to provide supervisory, administrative, and
data entry services to support and maintain the NADDIS. The RFP contemplated the
award of a fixed-rate labor-hour contract for a base year, with 4 option years.