B-228468: Feb 3, 1988

A firm protested an Army contract award for developing and conducting energy-awareness seminars at Army installations, contending that the Army's award was inconsistent with the solicitation's evaluation criteria, since the awardee's technical rating was low. GAO held that the: (1) Army failed to justify its acceptance of a bid with a lower technical rating than the protester's, since its evaluati...

B-228468: Feb 3, 1988

Notwithstanding evaluation scheme in which cost was the least important evaluation criterion but must supply a reasonable justification for such a decision. Meridian complains that NCAD made an award that was inconsistent with the evaluation and source selection scheme set forth in the RFP. Three offerors were determined to be within the competitive range with the following evaluation results: (TA...