The solicitation stated that the cumulative weight of the first three factors was somewhat more important than cost. Technical excellence was somewhat more important than management. Quality control was substantially less important than either technical excellence or management. The RFP provided for award to be made to the responsible offeror whose offer conformed to the RFP and was considered mos...

A firm protested an Army contract award for food and dining attendant services, contending that the Army improperly: (1) evaluated its past performance; and (2) downgraded its bid based on the suspicion that it did not intend to hire the incumbent contractor's employees. GAO held that the Army reasonably: (1) evaluated the protester's past performance in accordance with the stated evaluation crite...