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 1996-01-23 monographic deposited born digital 12 p. GA 1.13:B-261959.3 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-261959-3 P0b002ee18fd4e3a0 f:2619593 DGPO 2016-06-24 2016-06-24 GAOREPORTS-B-261959-3 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-261959-3 B-261959.3 Comptroller General Decision

1. Protest that, given agency's establishment of an evaluation Steering Committee composed of representatives from NATO member nations, agency was required to secure waiver of statutory requirement that contracts be awarded only by the head of the agency or his delegate--not foreign citizens--is denied where there is no basis in the record to conclude that participation by foreign members of the Steering Committee in the evaluation process resulted in an abdication of source selection authority to the Steering Committee.<p/>2. Where, in response to an agency question attempting to clarify a proposal's offer of technical data rights, offeror proposes a material revision to its proposal, and agency accepts and proceeds to evaluate the proposal on the basis of the response, agency has engaged in discussions such that it must hold discussions with the other competitive range offeror and allow both offerors to submit best and final offers. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-261959-3/html/GAOREPORTS-B-261959-3.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-261959-3/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-261959-3.pdf GAO/B-261959.3 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-261959-3 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-261959.3; Raytheon Company; Title 10 Section 2304(c)(1) Title 10 Section 2305(b)(4)(B) Title 10 Section 2311 Title 10 Section 2350b Title 10 Section 2350b(c)(1)(A) Title 10 Section 2350b(c)(3) 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) 10 U.S.C. 2305(b)(4)(B) 10 U.S.C. 2311 10 U.S.C. 2350b 10 U.S.C. 2350b(c)(1)(A) 10 U.S.C. 2350b(c)(3) Title 22 Section 2767 22 U.S.C. 2767