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B-232175: Nov 7, 1988

A firm protested the Navy's exclusion of its proposal for a night vision system from the competitive range, contending that: (1) its bid conformed to the solicitation's requirements; (2) the Navy's failure to properly rank the evaluation criteria misled it into placing more emphasis on developing an innovative approach than on meeting some of the stated requirements; and (3) the Navy failed to adv...

https://www.gao.gov/products/449303

B-232175: Nov 7, 1988

Absent a clear showing that an agency's evaluation was unreasonable. Exclusion of protester's proposal from the competitive range is warranted where agency evaluation finds the proposal unacceptable with major deficiencies that are considered to be the result of a poor and risky design and concludes that the proposal does not have a reasonable chance of being selected for award. The element of ris...