B-284702: May 24, 2000

DIGEST In a competitive procurement under the Federal Supply Schedule program in which the solicitation announced that award would be made on a best value basis and that technical factors were more important than price. That the RFQ stated that technical merit was more important than price and the Navy did not credit CPI for its technically superior quote. The vendors were informed that 11. 955 st...

B-284702: May 24, 2000

A firm protested a Navy contract award for computer products, contending that the Navy: (1) improperly evaluated the proposals; and (2) conducted an improper cost/technical tradeoff in selecting the awardee's lower-priced, technically inferior bid. GAO held that the Navy unreasonably selected the awardee's lower-priced, technically acceptable bid, since the solicitation stated that technical facto...