A firm protested a Department of the Navy contract award for worldwide emergency construction services, contending that the awardee's proposed project manager has an impermissible conflict of interest and that the Navy misevaluated both technical and cost proposals. GAO found that the Navy improperly gave the awardee evaluation credit for corporate experience of an affiliated company that was not...

DIGEST Protest that agency misevaluated technical proposals is sustained where record shows that agency improperly gave awardee evaluation credit for corporate experience of an affiliated company that was not proposed to perform the contract. The requirement is for the contractor to provide immediate comprehensive construction and construction-related services anywhere in the world where needed be...