B-281323: Jan 25, 1999

A-76 cost comparison against undisclosed government staffing estimate was inconsistent with objective of obtaining performance at the lowest cost is denied. Where the RFP notifies offerors that staffing is an area of evaluation and evaluation takes into account unique features of offeror's proposal. Gemini argues that the evaluation method used by DCA was improper. The RFP was issued as part of a...

B-281323: Jan 25, 1999

A firm protested the Defense Commissary Agency's (DCA) rejection of its bid for custodial services as technically unacceptable, contending that the evaluation method used by DCA was improper, and that DCA evaluated its proposal against unstated criteria. GAO held that DCA: (1) reasonably evaluated the protester's bid in accordance with the solicitation's evaluation criteria; and (2) was not requir...