B-281028.2: Dec 29, 1998

DIGEST Protest that agency failed to give sufficient credit in best value determination to protester's allegedly superior technical proposal and offer of longer-than-required warranty coverage period is denied where solicitation provided for technical evaluation on a pass/fail basis and. Although warranty was a separate evaluation factor equal in weight to price and past performance. The agency re...

B-281028.2: Dec 29, 1998

A firm protested an Agency for International Development (AID) contract award for installation of security/safety window film, contending that: (1) AID failed to make a best value determination consistent with the solicitation; and (2) the awardee could not meet certain specifications. GAO held that AID: (1) conducted a reasonable price/technical tradeoff in selecting the lower-priced, technically...