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 1996-06-20 monographic deposited born digital 7 p. GA 1.13:B-271435 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-271435 P0b002ee18fd4662f f:271435 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-271435 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-271435 B-271435 Comptroller General Decision

Award to technically slightly lower-rated, lower-priced offeror is unobjectionable where (1) although solicitation stated that technical superiority was more important than price, the solicitation did not provide for award solely on the basis of the highest technical point score, and clearly stated that price would be considered a substantial factor in the evaluation; and (2) the source selection evaluation panel (SSEP) considered the relative strengths and weaknesses in the protester's and the awardee's proposal and, despite a specific request from the source selection authority to do so, the SSEP could not identify any strengths in the protester's proposal sufficient to justify paying its higher price. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-271435/html/GAOREPORTS-B-271435.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-271435/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-271435.pdf GAO/B-271435 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-271435 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-271435; Computer Technology Services, Inc.; Title 15 Section 637(a) 15 U.S.C. 637(a)