B-284708.2,B-284708.3: Jun 5, 2000

DIGEST Protest of source selection decision is sustained where the record does not establish the reasonableness of the evaluation or the cost/technical tradeoff underlying the source selection. DAKF11-98-R-0011. /1/ The protester contends that the decision to award to D&Z on the basis of its higher-priced proposal was flawed because the agency unreasonably downgraded the protester's proposal and e...

B-284708.2,B-284708.3: Jun 5, 2000

A firm protested an Army contract award for housing repairs, contending that the Army: (1) conducted an improper cost/technical tradeoff; and (2) improperly evaluated the proposals. GAO held that the Army failed to properly document its proposal evaluation and cost/technical tradeoff. Accordingly, the protest was sustained, and GAO recommended that the Army: (1) allow bidders to make new oral pres...