B-219728.2: Dec 10, 1985

A firm requested reconsideration of the dismissal of its protest under an Army solicitation for travel management services. GAO had held that it would not consider the matter because an agency's selection of a travel agent is merely a management vehicle to facilitate its travel arrangements. GAO subsequently determined that it would consider such matters because they involve procurement contract a...

B-219728.2: Dec 10, 1985

WHERE THE SOURCE SELECTION OFFICIAL AND THE EVALUATORS FOUND THAT THE CONTRACTOR'S PROPOSAL WAS TECHNICALLY SUPERIOR TO THE THE PROTESTER'S BECAUSE THE PROTESTER'S PROPOSAL DEMONTRATED A LACK OF UNDERSTANDING OF THE REQUIREMENTS. WHICH WAS THE HEAVIEST WEIGHTED EVALUATION CRITERION. SINCE POINT SCORES ARE ONLY A GUIDE TO INTELLIGENT DECISIONMAKING. THE SOURCE SELECTION OFFICIAL CAN REASONABLY FIND...