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 1996-02-05 monographic deposited born digital 24 p. GA 1.13:B-261953.5 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-261953-5 P0b002ee18fd48cfa f:2619535 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-261953-5 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-261953-5 B-261953.5 Comptroller General Decision 1. Protester's contention that agency improperly evaluated proposals is denied where the record shows that the agency evaluated in accordance with the criteria announced in the solicitation, and the record reasonably supports the evaluators' conclusions.<p/>2. Allegation that the agency's source selection advisory council (SSAC) improperly changed the source selection evaluation board's (SSEB) rating of protester's proposal for trainer aircraft under the "system safety" evaluation factor from blue (exceptional) to green (acceptable) is denied, where the record shows that the SSEB's rating was primarily based on the protester's twin-engine design, and, despite a specific request from the SSAC, the SSEB could not convince the SSAC that a twin-engine design resulted in a "safer" aircraft.<p/>3. Contracting agency reasonably evaluated protester's performance risk based upon unfavorable information in "contractor performance assessment reports" and in responses to questionnaires reflecting the protester's recent poor performance on other contracts.<p/>4. Contracting agency's life-cycle cost analysis involves the exercise of informed judgment and our Office will not question such an analysis unless it clearly lacks a reasonable basis. Protester's contention that the agency's cost analysis was flawed is denied where the protester has not shown that the agency's approach was unreasonable.<p/>5. Where solicitation and agency's letter requesting best and final offers (BAFO) clearly required offerors to substantiate any BAFO price reductions, so that the agency could adequately assess and develop most probable life-cycle costs, agency's decision to rely on protester's pre-BAFO pricing was reasonable, where record shows that protester failed to substantiate significant price reductions in its BAFO. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-261953-5/html/GAOREPORTS-B-261953-5.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-261953-5/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-261953-5.pdf GAO/B-261953.5 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-261953-5 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-261953.5; Cessna Aircraft Company;