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 1996-09-18 monographic deposited born digital 8 p. GA 1.13:B-272188.2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-272188-2 P0b002ee18fd469db f:2721882 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-272188-2 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-272188-2 B-272188.2 Comptroller General Decision

1. Protest challenging agency's rating of awardee's technical proposal on the ground that agency overlooked awardee's alleged lack of prime contractor experience is denied where the record shows that the contracting agency reasonably concluded that awardee's experience performing as both a prime contractor and subcontractor on numerous similar contracts, as well as the excellent ratings by its references and the management experience of its proposed key employees, warranted a highly satisfactory technical rating.<p/>2. Detailed cost analysis is not required in procurement contemplating award of a fixed-price contract where adequate price competition is obtained.<p/>3. Agency's determination that awardee's price is not unrealistic is unobjectionable where: (1) adequate price competition was received; and (2) the agency compared the offerors' proposed prices with each other and the government's price estimate, and reasonably determined that awardee's prices were realistic. <p/>4. Where agency reasonably determined that protester's and awardee's technical proposals were equally ranked, agency properly determined that awardee's lower-priced proposal represented the best value. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-272188-2/html/GAOREPORTS-B-272188-2.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-272188-2/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-272188-2.pdf GAO/B-272188.2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-272188-2 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-272188.2; Volmar Construction, Inc.; Title 40 Section 276a(a) 40 U.S.C. 276a(a) Title 41 Section 351 41 U.S.C. 351