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 1996-05-20 monographic deposited born digital 7 p. GA 1.13:B-271079 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-271079 P0b002ee18fd43b44 f:271079 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-271079 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-271079 B-271079 Comptroller General Decision 1. Where contracting officer clearly based competitive range recommendation on the proposal evaluation performed by the technical evaluation panel, protest that contracting officer misrepresented to source selection official protester's ability to perform the contract is without merit.<p/>2. Protester's proposal was properly eliminated from the competitive range where proposal was evaluated as having numerous serious deficiencies, such that it would have to be substantially rewritten to be considered for award, and protester fails to show that evaluation conclusions were unreasonable. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-271079/html/GAOREPORTS-B-271079.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-271079/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-271079.pdf GAO/B-271079 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-271079 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-271079; Resource Applications, Inc.;