A firm protested an Army contract award for test and evaluation support services, contending that the Army did not properly apply the solicitation evaluation criteria. The Army determined that an award to either of the two offerers would pose a technical risk; however, it awarded the contract to the firm with the higher technical score. GAO found that, although the Army ranked the awardee's propos...

THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WILL NOT QUESTION SUCH AN ANALYSIS UNLESS IT CLEARLY LACKS A REASONABLE BASIS. REASONABLE BASIS IS PROVIDED BY DEFENSE CONTRACT AUDIT AGENCY'S DETERMINATION THAT COST DATA SUBMITTED WITH PROPOSALS WAS ADEQUATE IN ALL RESPECTS. AGENCY'S CONSIDERATION OF WHETHER PROPOSED COST ELEMENTS WERE REASONABLE AND CONSISTENT WITH THE WORK TO BE PERFORMED AS OUTLINED IN OFFERORS'...