B-274285.2,B-274285.3: May 19, 1997

Two firms protested an Army contract award for transportation and relocation management services, contending that the Army did not: (1) properly evaluate the technical proposals; and (2) perform a proper cost-technical tradeoff in selecting the awardee's higher-priced bid. GAO held that the: (1) bid evaluations were reasonable and consistent with the solicitation's evaluation criteria; and (2) Arm...

B-274285.2,B-274285.3: May 19, 1997

Higher-priced proposal for award where it was reasonably determined that the proposal's technical advantages justified the payment of a price premium and the stated evaluation methodology provided that the technical evaluation factors were significantly more important than price in selecting the proposal most advantageous to the government. The Army's transportation and relocation management pilot...