Protest against Cost Analysis Used in Proposal Evaluation

A protester to a contract award contended that the cost evaluation was erroneous and, if the evaluation had been performed properly, it would have been the successful offeror. Although it would have been preferable for the agency to have offerors separate the total price into components, the thorough cost analysis showed that the rank of offerors would not be changed regardless of how price reduction was allocated, and failure to request allocation did not prejudice the protester.