B-281218: Dec 7, 1998

Technically higher-rated quotation was reasonable. Sawtooth objects to the technical evaluation of its submission and complains that it should have received award based upon its lower-quoted price. The RFQ was issued under simplified acquisition procedures for the installation of a prefabricated steel trail bridge in the Clearwater National Forest. Technical proposals were required to address the...

B-281218: Dec 7, 1998

A firm protested a Forest Service purchase order for trail bridge construction, contending that: (1) the Forest Service misevaluated its technical proposal; and (2) it should have received the award, since it was the lower bidder. GAO held that the Forest Service reasonably concluded that the awardee's much lower performance risk outweighed the protester's lower quotation. Accordingly, the protest...