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 2016-06-24 U.S. Government Publishing Office 1997-02-20 monographic deposited born digital 10 p. GA 1.13:B-275419 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-275419 P0b002ee18fd4e74c f:275419 DGPO 2016-06-24 2016-06-24 GAOREPORTS-B-275419 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-275419 B-275419 Comptroller General Decision 1. Protest that agency mechanically applied an undisclosed staffing estimate in evaluating proposals is denied where the solicitation put offerors on notice that staffing was a critical area of the evaluation, offerors were required to describe the number of personnel that would perform the work and show how the agency's stated flight training requirements would be met, offerors were advised during discussions as to whether their proposals included fewer instructor pilots than were considered necessary under the agency estimate, and there is no indication in the record that the agency unreasonably overlooked or rejected specific elements of offerors' proposed staffing approaches which were likely to result in the need for fewer instructor pilots than the agency estimate.<p/>2. Protest that in best value procurement agency improperly awarded additional evaluation credit based on aspects of awardee's proposal that exceeded the solicitation's minimum requirements is denied; where detailed technical proposals are sought and technical evaluation criteria are used to enable the agency to make comparative judgments about the relative merits of competing proposals, offerors are on notice that qualitative distinctions among the technical proposals will be made under the various evaluation factors, and there is no basis to object to the award of extra credit for advantageous elements of a proposal when the additional credit is related to the stated evaluation factors. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-275419/html/GAOREPORTS-B-275419.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-275419/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-275419.pdf GAO/B-275419 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-275419 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-275419; Doss Aviation, Inc.; Dominion Aviation, Inc.;