A firm protested a Navy contract award for a transportable arresting gear system, contending that the Navy improperly evaluated the bids. GAO held that the Navy: (1) reasonably evaluated the bids in accordance with the evaluation criteria; and (2) properly made award to the technically superior bidder. Accordingly, the protest was denied...

The General Accounting Office will examine the agency's evaluation to ensure that it had a reasonable basis. The RFP stated that price was not as important for evaluation purposes as technical merit. Proposals were rated using an adjectival assessment of highly acceptable. All factors and subfactors were rated for adequacy of response and feasibility of approach (risk). ESCO and Lake Shore were bo...