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 2010-10-19 U.S. Government Printing Office 1995-09-12 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:B-260934.2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-260934-2 P0b002ee180b20b48 f:2609342 DGPO 2010-10-19 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-B-260934-2 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-260934-2 B-260934.2 Comptroller General Decision 1. Where protest contains general allegations of improper cost evaluation which are only supported with detailed reasons in subsequent comments on an agency report that were filed by the protester more than 10 working days after receipt of the agency report, General Accounting Office will dismiss the protest grounds as untimely.<p/>2. Where selection officials reasonably regard proposals as essentially equal technically, cost may become the determinative factor in making an award notwithstanding that the evaluation criteria assigned cost less importance than technical considerations.<p/>3. Given the inherently subjective nature of the technical judgments of agency evaluators, it is within their reasonable discretion whether a particular proposal deserves a "good" as opposed to a "very good" rating, or a "very good" as opposed to an "exceptional" rating. Stated differently, agency evaluators' judgments, for example, about the slight qualitative differences which can render a proposal "very good" as opposed to "good" are not subject to rational legal objection unless a clear showing of unreasonableness is made. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-260934-2/html/GAOREPORTS-B-260934-2.htm GAO/B-260934.2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-260934-2 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-260934.2; CAS, Inc.;