B-277926.2: Sep 17, 1998

A firm protested a Navy contract award for telecommunications networks, contending that the Navy unreasonably: (1) evaluated its technical proposal; and (2) selected the awardee's higher-priced proposal for award. GAO held that the Navy reasonably evaluated the protester's proposal for a network to meet certain telecommunications requirements as proposing a network not dedicated to the Navy's excl...

B-277926.2: Sep 17, 1998

The successful contractor under the RFP will be required "to provide a fully operational. Which set forth 15 general objectives which the offerors' proposals were to meet. /2/ RFP attachment 1. The RFP added that technical capability and past performance were approximately equal in importance. That technical capability and past performance combined were approximately equal in importance to price....