GAO WILL QUESTION A PROCURING AGENCY'S ASSESSMENT OF THE TECHNICAL MERIT OF PROPOSALS ONLY UPON A CLEAR SHOWING OF UNREASONABLENESS. PROCURING AGENCY MAY AWARD CONTRACT TO OFFEROR WHOSE TECHNICAL SUPERIORITY OUTWEIGHS ADDITIONAL COST TO THE GOVERNMENT IF DETERMINATION IS REASONABLE AND OFFERORS ARE ADEQUATELY APPRISED OF THE RELATIVE VALUES OF TECHNICAL AND COST CRITERIA. 5. CONTRACT MAY BE AWARDE...

A firm protested the award of a National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) contract for data entry services. The protester contended that the agency had no reasonable basis for awarding a fixed-price requirements contract to any other firm, because it was the offerer with the lowest cost proposal. The protester also contended that NCUA evaluation methods were inconsistent and inaccurate and that...