B-281287.5,B-281287.6,B-281287.7: Jun 21, 1999

Two firms protested an Army Corps of Engineers contract award for maintenance services, contending that (1) the Corps' evaluation was improper because it failed to evaluate proposals for relative technical merit beyond minimum requirements under the best plan value stated in the solicitation, and (2) they should have been chosen for award based on the existing requirements in the solicitation. GAO...

B-281287.5,B-281287.6,B-281287.7: Jun 21, 1999

DIGEST Agency's evaluation of technical proposals was unreasonable under the best value evaluation plan stated in the solicitation where it failed to evaluate differences in technical merit of proposals beyond minimum requirements. That technical "is more important than price.". The agency determined that corrective action was appropriate. There were 38 of these criteria. /1/ Following the evaluat...