B-279565.2,B-279565.3: Jun 26, 1998

Protest is sustained where (1) protester argues that agency's relative assessment of proposals improperly failed to reflect specific beneficial features that allegedly made its proposal superior to awardee's. (2) it appears from record that the features in fact may have offered some significant benefit. They should have received same score for subcontractor's experience. Award was to be made on a...

B-279565.2,B-279565.3: Jun 26, 1998

A firm protested a Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) contract award for commercial facilities management services, contending that HUD did not take into account the benefits of its proposal. GAO held that HUD failed to properly evaluate the relative merits of the protester's proposal. Accordingly, the protest was sustained, and GAO recommended that HUD: (1) reevaluate the proposals...