B-280645: Sep 17, 1998

A firm protested a Defense Supply Center (DSC) contract award for insecticide, contending that DSC: (1) misapplied the past performance evaluation; and (2) improperly awarded the contract to the awardee. GAO held that DSC: (1) properly applied its past performance evaluation, since it weighted past performance and price equally; and (2) properly awarded the contract to the awardee, since its recor...

B-280645: Sep 17, 1998

DIGEST Agency selection of slightly higher-priced offeror with excellent performance history instead of lower-priced offeror with no performance history is reasonable and consistent with solicitation's evaluation scheme. Where the item was in backlog status. Anticipated demand was high. Agency concluded that the awardee's established excellent record for timely delivery was worth the slightly high...