B-281255: Dec 28, 1998

Agency's technical evaluation of vendor quotations on computer systems was reasonable where performed in accordance with stated evaluation criteria and based on valid assessments of proposed systems. The RFQ set forth mandatory functional requirements and listed a number of six specific features which were desired. Vendors were required to submit quotations which specified all components and price...

B-281255: Dec 28, 1998

A firm protested the Bureau of the Public Debt's (BPD) issuance of a delivery order to awardee for a computer processor, contending that there were flaws in the evaluation of quotations and in the price/technical tradeoff. GAO held that: (1) in evaluating system life cost under a Federal Supply Schedule procurement fora 36-month lease of computer equipment, BPD properly used the protester's catalo...