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 2016-06-23 U.S. Government Publishing Office 1996-02-12 monographic deposited born digital 13 p. GA 1.13:B-260778.2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-260778-2 P0b002ee18fd464e5 f:2607782 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-260778-2 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-260778-2 B-260778.2 Comptroller General Decision 1. Protest that contracting agency improperly determined that awardee satisfied a definitive responsibility criterion requiring it to provide evidence of recent sales of the item being procured or similar items is denied where the agency's determination that the awardee's recent sales constituted sales of "similar items" is fully and reasonably supported. <p/>2. Protest that contracting agency improperly evaluated awardee's financial capability as part of the technical evaluation by ignoring evidence questioning the findings of a pre-award survey is denied where the contracting officer considered this evidence and reasonably determined, notwithstanding that information, that the firm remained financially capable of performing the contract.<p/>3. Protest asserting disparate treatment and improper evaluation of technical proposals is denied where the record shows that the evaluation of proposals was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation's evaluation criteria save for one aspect, and correction of this aspect of the evaluation in the manner most favorable to the protester would not affect the reasonableness of the award determination since, at most, the two offerors would be approximately technically equal; the protester's price is significantly higher than that of the awardee; and the agency reasonably states that such a result would not have affected its best value determination. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-260778-2/html/GAOREPORTS-B-260778-2.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-260778-2/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-260778-2.pdf GAO/B-260778.2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-260778-2 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-260778.2; Deployable Hospital Systems, Inc.;