https://www.gao.gov/products/142057

B-239301: Aug 20, 1990

A firm protested an Army contract award for batteries, contending that the Army: (1) unreasonably awarded the contract to a lower-priced, technically inferior offeror; and (2) violated the solicitation by awarding to an offeror that received a marginal acceptability rating. GAO held that the Army: (1) reasonably awarded the contract to the lower offeror, since it was acceptably competent; and (2)...

https://www.gao.gov/products/472972

B-239301: Jun 22, 1990

The Treasury Secretary may transfer funds without regard to those restrictions if he is otherwise authorized. Honorable Dennis DeConcini: This is in response to your request for our opinion concerning the scope of section 103 of the Treasury. We are asked whether the Secretary had authority to effect the transfer of funds since the amount transferred exceeded 2 percent of OIG's appropriation and s...

https://www.gao.gov/products/464691

B-239301: Aug 20, 1990

Higher priced offeror was not justified given the acceptable level of competence at the lower cost. The batteries are the primary power source for much of the current communications-electronics equipment being fielded through the current decade. Submitted BAFOs for production of the BA-5590 battery. /2/ The agency found that the protester offered a safe and proven design and that its proposal was...