B-278478.4: Sep 21, 1998

Protest of agency's evaluation of proposals is denied where record shows that evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the stated evaluation factors. 2. Lower-priced proposal in a best value procurement (where solicitation stated that technical merit was significantly more important than price) is proper where the source selection authority performed a rational integrated assessment of the pr...

B-278478.4: Sep 21, 1998

A firm protested an Air Force contract award for self-generating nitrogen service carts, contending that the: (1) Air Force unreasonably evaluated the proposals and source selection; and (2) evaluation and source selection were inconsistent with the stated evaluation factors for the award. GAO held that the Air Force: (1) reasonably evaluated the proposals in accordance with the stated evaluation...