B-214171: Jan 22, 1985

A firm protested an Army contract award, arguing that the Army's technical evaluation incorrectly determined its bid to be equal to another bidder's. That bidder received the award because it had a lower proposed cost. The protester also argued that the Army did not conduct a proper cost realism analysis of the awardee's bid. GAO held that, since the protester failed to provide evidence showing th...

B-214171: Jan 22, 1985

PROTESTER'S UNSUPPORTED ASSERTION THAT ITS PROPOSAL WAS TECHNICALLY SUPERIOR TO AWARDEE'S PROPOSAL IS NOT SUFFICIENT TO SHOW THAT CONTRACTING AGENCY'S DETERMINATION THAT PROPOSALS WERE TECHNICALLY EQUAL WAS UNREASONABLE. CONTRACTING AGENCY'S COST REALISM ANALYSIS WAS REASONABLE WHERE IT EXAMINED ALL RELEVANT COSTS BY EXAMINING PAST COST PERFORMANCE. THE REQUIREMENT WAS FOR TECHNICAL SERVICES. TECH...