Battelle Keeps $285 Million Arctic Research Support Contract

Battelle Memorial Institute will perform a $285 million contract to provide Arctic research support and logistics services for the National Science Foundation, the GAO said.

Protester Jacobs-Polar Services-CH2M Facility Support Services didn’t show that the agency conducted an improper cost realism analysis, the Government Accountability Office said in a decision released Thursday.

Jacobs-Polar also didn’t show that the agency should have determined that Battelle’s compensation plan posed an unreasonable risk to recruiting and retaining qualified employees, the GAO said.

The contract calls for logistics, operations, and other support for Arctic research projects and facilities sponsored by the National Science Foundation ...