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 1996-01-18 monographic deposited born digital 9 p. GA 1.13:B-266246 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-266246 P0b002ee18fd443bd f:266246 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-266246 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-266246 B-266246 Comptroller General Decision 1. Under a negotiated procurement for the design and construction of military family housing, the agency was not required to raise during discussions that an offeror's price exceeded the solicitation's stated cost objective, which was not an absolute limit, where the offeror's price was evaluated as realistic, reasonable, complete, and low risk.<p/>2. Under a solicitation for the design and construction of military family housing, which encouraged offerors to propose enhancements to the specifications as part of their offer to obtain additional technical credit, the agency was not required to advise an offeror during discussions of those enhancements evaluated as only marginally beneficial so that the offeror could delete those enhancements and lower its price, since those enhancements, which contributed to the offeror's high technical rating, were neither deficiencies, weaknesses, nor excesses. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-266246/html/GAOREPORTS-B-266246.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-266246/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-266246.pdf GAO/B-266246 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-266246 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-266246; Holmes &amp; Narver, Inc.;