Total Compensation Plan Deemed Realistic Even Though Rates for One Position Were Unrealistically Low; GAO B-416343, Obsidian Solutions Group LLC

Protest challenging the award of an agency’s contract is denied, where the awardee was not unusually reliant on the past performance of its subcontractors; where the agency reasonably concluded that the awardee’s professional compensation was realistic, even though the compensation for one of 70 positions was unrealistic; and where the agency did not improperly alter the contract after award when it assigned a contact ceiling higher than the awardee’s total evaluated price, because the solicitation provided the agency could issue discretionary labor hours during performance.