B-291206: Dec 5, 2002

Ashland Sales and Service Company protests an award to Valley Apparel, LLC, under solicitation No. SPO100-00-R-4130, issued by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), Defense Supply Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for Navy shipboard jackets.We sustain the protest...

B-291206: Dec 5, 2002

Under a solicitation where technical quality was more important than price. The source selection authority's (SSA) price/technical tradeoff determination selecting a slightly lower-priced proposal over a slightly higher-rated proposal was unreasonable. Where the SSA relied on incorrect evaluation information that made the technical superiority of the higher-rated proposal appear significantly smal...