Two firms jointly protested an Army Corps of Engineers request for proposals (RFP) for a monitor and control system, contending that performance under this solicitation would be impossible due to specification ambiguities, inconsistencies, and other defects. The protesters also contended that the evaluation criteria were deficient and that the Corps had favored large businesses in designing energy...

GAO WILL NOT OBJECT TO SOLICITATION SPECIFICATION AS PREMISED ON ERRONEOUS TECHNICAL ASSUMPTIONS SINCE CONTRACTING AGENCY HAS BROAD DISCRETION IN DETERMINING ITS NEEDS AND IT HAS NOT BEEN SHOWN THAT THE AGENCY'S TECHNICAL ASSUMPTIONS ARE IN ERROR. STATES WHICH TECHNICAL ELEMENTS WILL BE GIVEN GREATER WEIGHT IN EVALUATION. WHICH WAS FAMILIAR WITH RADIX BECAUSE OF PAST BUSINESS DEALINGS BETWEEN THE...