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 1996-04-16 monographic deposited born digital 11 p. GA 1.13:B-266339.2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-266339-2 P0b002ee18fd46aed f:26633902 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-266339-2 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-266339-2 B-266339.2 Comptroller General Decision

1. Prior performance of similar requirements by awardee's subcontractor does not give rise to prohibited organizational conflict of interest or provide an unfair competitive advantage where subcontractor's prior work did not affect the requirements being solicited and any advantage accruing is merely that of an incumbent contractor. <p/>2. Agency's equal weighting of certain evaluation factors under solicitation which stated that lower-listed factors would be afforded less weight does not provide basis to sustain protest where record clearly establishes that protester was not prejudiced as a result.<p/>3. Where solicitation stated that evaluation factors were listed in descending order of importance, actual weighing of the factors applied by the agency is unobjectionable where it reflected a reasonable downward progression. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-266339-2/html/GAOREPORTS-B-266339-2.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-266339-2/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-266339-2.pdf GAO/B-266339.2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-266339-2 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-266339.2; Optimum Technology, Inc.; Title 10 Section 2305(a)(2) 10 U.S.C. 2305(a)(2) Title 15 Section 637(a) 15 U.S.C. 637(a) Title 18 Section 1905 18 U.S.C. 1905