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 2010-12-28 U.S. Government Printing Office 1995-07-05 monographic deposited born digital 16 p. GA 1.13:B-259857.2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-259857-2 P0b002ee180b9bc2c f:2598572 DGPO 2010-12-28 2011-12-29 GAOREPORTS-B-259857-2 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-259857-2 B-259857.2 Comptroller General Decision 1. Protester's contention that agency selection officials could not upgrade the evaluation assessments given by lower level evaluators without a reevaluation of all proposals is denied where the record shows that the selection officials reasonably disagreed with the evaluators about the weight to be accorded certain elements and subfactors in assigning an overall assessment and made their adjustment in a manner consistent with the evaluation scheme in the solicitation.<p/>2. Challenge to adequacy of the cost realism adjustments made to the awardee's proposal to reflect its high risk is denied where the record shows that the agency made a significant upward adjustment to address the high risk nature of the proposal, and none of the protester's assertions raises issues the agency did not consider, or shows that the agency's approach to making these adjustments was unreasonable.<p/>3. Cost/technical tradeoff decision in demonstration and validation procurement where agency makes two awards and selects as the second awardee an offeror with a high cost, high risk proposal that, if shown to be feasible, promises significant advances in the weapon system's technology is not objectionable as record shows it is reasonable and consistent with evaluation criteria. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-259857-2/html/GAOREPORTS-B-259857-2.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-259857-2/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-259857-2.pdf GAO/B-259857.2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-259857-2 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-259857.2; Matter of: Loral Aeronutronic;