B-205527: Jul 1, 1983

A firm filed a protest and claim for proposal preparation costs in connection with an Army contract award. The protester complained that the Army used improper methods to evaluate the proposals and disregarded evaluation criteria in its awardee selection. The request for proposals provided for the award of a fixed-price contract with selection on the bases of technical merit and price, which were...

B-205527: Jul 1, 1983

DIGEST: EVEN IF SCORING OF PRICE IN EVALUATING PROPOSALS COULD BE SHOWN PROTESTER WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN PREJUDICED BECAUSE PRICE DIFFERENCE WAS OUTWEIGHED BY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN TECHNICAL MERIT OF PROTESTER'S AND AWARDEE'S PROPOSALS. IT RATHER THAN SEDLAK WOULD HAVE RECEIVED AWARD. WHICH WERE TO BE ACCORDED EQUAL WEIGHT. ELEVEN PROPOSALS WERE RECEIVED. ALL WERE CONSIDERED AS FALLING WITHIN THE...