A firm requested reconsideration of a decision holding that the source evaluation board's recommendation to award the contract to it did not obligate the source selection official (SSO) to do so. The protester contended that: (1) the SSO determination that the proposed awardee's technical proposal was essentially equal to its higher-ranked technical proposal was irrational because of its 6-year re...

CONTRACTS - PROTESTS - GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE PROCEDURES - RECONSIDERATION REQUESTS - ERROR OF FACT OR LAW - NOT ESTABLISHED DIGEST: REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION IS DENIED WHERE PROTESTER DOES NOT DEMONSTRATE THAT THE DECISION WAS LEGALLY OR FACTUALLY INCORRECT. WE HELD THAT THE SOURCE SELECTION OFFICIAL (SSO) WAS NOT BOUND BY THE SOURCE EVALUATION BOARD'S (BOARD) RECOMMENDATION THAT MASTER RECE...