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 1996-12-04 monographic deposited born digital 6 p. GA 1.13:B-274335 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-274335 P0b002ee18fd4a94b f:274335 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-274335 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-274335 B-274335 Comptroller General Decision Where a request for proposals sets forth the provisions of Federal Acquisition Regulation sec. 52.215-16, Alternate II (FAC 90-31), advising offerors of the agency's intent to award without conducting discussions, contracting agency may properly do so, provided the contracting officer reasonably determines that discussions are unnecessary. Contracting agency reasonably determined to award to the offeror which submitted the technically superior proposal at a fair and reasonable price based on initial proposals, despite protester's arguments that a possibility existed that its inferior technical proposal could eventually become, through discussions, the best value proposal. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-274335/html/GAOREPORTS-B-274335.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-274335/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-274335.pdf GAO/B-274335 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-274335 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-274335; Harry A. Stroh Associates, Inc.;