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 1996-06-12 monographic deposited born digital 10 p. GA 1.13:B-271065 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-271065 P0b002ee18fd49219 f:271065 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-271065 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-271065 B-271065 Comptroller General Decision 1. Protest that agency misevaluated cost proposals by upwardly adjusting protester's proposed costs and conversely failing to upwardly adjust awardee's proposed cost in certain cost elements, with result that the protester's cost was higher than the awardee's is denied, where upward adjustment of protester's cost was reasonable in two challenged areas, and other adjustments in the protester's or awardee's cost proposal would not displace awardee as the low offeror.<p/>2. Where protester fails to show that its proposal was technically superior to awardee's proposal--and even assuming the protester's argument to be valid that its technical proposal should have been rated technically equal to awardee's technical proposal--cost properly became the important factor for selection, and protester was not entitled to the award because its evaluated cost was not low. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-271065/html/GAOREPORTS-B-271065.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-271065/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-271065.pdf GAO/B-271065 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-271065 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-271065; Theta Engineering, Inc.;