A firm protested a proposed Air Force contract award for life preserver production, contending that the Air Force: (1) improperly selected a higher-priced offerer; (2) inconsistently evaluated its bid; and (3) misapplied a cost model. GAO held that the: (1) Air Force properly selected a higher-priced offerer; (2) Air Force consistently evaluated bids; and (3) protester untimely protested the alleg...

Where solicitation states that proposed price is most important evaluation factor for source selection purposes. Also will be evaluated. There is nothing improper in the selection of a higher priced offeror when the agency reasonably determines that the selected firm's evidenced technical/management/logistics superiority offsets the price premium associated with its offer. Allegation that cost imp...