A firm protested an Air Force contract award for vehicle operation, maintenance, and analysis, contending that the Air Force: (1) improperly downgraded its proposal for unspecified evaluation factors and and awarded the contract at a higher price, in violation of the Competition in Contracting Act; (2) improperly failed to consider information not contained in the proposal, but which it could have...

WHERE RECORD INDICATES THAT AGENCY EVALUATED PROTESTER'S PROPOSAL IN MANNER CONSISTENT WITH ESTABLISHED CRITERIA SET FORTH IN SOLICITATION AND THE EVALUATION WAS REASONABLE. PROTESTS BASED ON OFFEROR'S DISAGREEMENT WITH EVALUATION IS DENIED. PROTEST THAT AGENCY FAILED TO HOLD MEANINGFUL DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING THREE AREAS OF WEAKNESS IS WITHOUT MERIT. WHERE CONTRACTING AGENCY SENT PROTESTER QUESTIO...