United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao_comptroller_general legislative 2016-06-24 U.S. Government Publishing Office 1995-03-09 monographic deposited born digital 11 p. GA 1.13:B-258322.5 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-258322-5 P0b002ee18fd4d2d3 f:2583225 DGPO 2016-06-24 2016-06-24 GAOREPORTS-B-258322-5 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-258322-5 B-258322.5 Comptroller General Decision 1. Evaluation of protester's proposal was unreasonable where agency identified weaknesses during discussions, protester addressed the weaknesses, and record indicates that many of the weaknesses were thereby eliminated, but proposal rating was not increased at all and record does not explain why increase was not warranted.<p/>2. Cost/technical tradeoff was unreasonable where agency selected higher-cost proposal for award over lower-cost, similarly rated proposal based primarily on awardee's ability to respond more quickly on short notice, and the fact that awardee's initial proposal contained fewer weaknesses, purportedly indicating better understanding of requirement, and selection is not supported by the record. Finding that awardee had the ability to respond more quickly was based largely on source selection official's general recollection of the two firms' prior performance, which is not documented in either the contemporaneous or protest records; and record contains no explanation, and it is not apparent, why the types of weaknesses identified bear on understanding and, in any case, awardee's initial proposal was evaluated similarly to protester's. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-258322-5/html/GAOREPORTS-B-258322-5.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-258322-5/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-258322-5.pdf GAO/B-258322.5 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-258322-5 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-258322.5; TRESP Associates, Inc.; Advanced Data Concepts, Inc.;