Opinion ID: 595195
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: uyq-21

Text: 26 In June, 1987, Litton, Raytheon and SAIC submitted bids to NAVSEA for the UYQ-21 contract. On August 19 and 20, 1987, government officials gave final approval to the evaluators' recommendation to award the contract to Raytheon without requesting any BAFOs. Prior to these final approvals, McAusland and Pafort spoke to Muldoon about the procurement on several occasions. 27 Muldoon knew Jerry Manning (Manning), who was on the government cost review team evaluating the proposals. Muldoon told Manning that Litton had obtained copies of all the competitors' proposals. Muldoon showed Manning a list of dollar amounts, which Manning confirmed as being the figures from each of the UYQ-21 price proposals. On July 29, 1987, Manning also told Muldoon that Litton would have to revise its cost proposal if the company was going to win the contract at the BAFO stage. 28 On July 29, 1987, Muldoon told McAusland that Muldoon had copies of the government's evaluations of the UYQ-21 price proposals. McAusland telephoned George Miller, another Litton executive, and told Miller he would bring the pricing evaluations to Litton's offices. 29 On July 31, 1987, Muldoon advised McAusland that Muldoon had left a document at Litton's Virginia office that looked good. McAusland said that he had instructed a secretary to send the document to him via express mail. Muldoon also referred to information contained in the document, which corresponded to information contained in the government's Source Selection Plan for the UYQ-21 procurement. Manning had given this document to Muldoon. 30 In August, 1987, Muldoon told McAusland and Pafort that the Navy would probably award the contract without requesting BAFOs. Muldoon told Pafort and McAusland that, after the initial evaluations, Litton was second behind Raytheon in the bidding. Muldoon learned this from Manning. 31 In July and August, 1987, Muldoon also told McAusland that Muldoon had a contact, identified as a government official, who could ensure a request for BAFOs on the UYQ-21 if Litton came up with some money. McAusland asked if Litton could win the contract if the Navy asked for BAFOs. Muldoon advised McAusland that Raytheon had ranked substantially better in the initial evaluation. McAusland asked if Muldoon could obtain the technical evaluations before Litton would have to submit its BAFO. Muldoon did not think that he could. McAusland then indicated that he did not want to pursue this course of action. The Navy awarded the contract to Raytheon for approximately $47 million.