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 1997-03-31 monographic deposited born digital 14 p. GA 1.13:B-275818 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-275818 P0b002ee18fd44fa5 f:275818 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-275818 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-275818 B-275818 Comptroller General Decision 1. Composition of technical evaluation panel is within the discretion of the agency, and where protester has not shown actual bias on the part of particular evaluators there is no basis to question the composition of the panel. <p/>2. Allegation of "bait and switch" of proposed key personnel is denied where there is no evidence of misrepresentation by awardee, solicitation provided for substitution of key personnel, and of ten proposed key personnel, all but two are available or performing.<p/>3. Contracting officer's determination that offeror's firm, fixed-price proposal is reasonable is unobjectionable where it is based on a price analysis that includes comparison of direct and indirect rates with other offerors and other agency contracts for similar services, which reasonably supports contracting officer's conclusion.<p/>4. Source selection official's (SSO) decision to raise offeror's technical standing is unobjectionable since SSO is not bound by the recommendations and conclusions of working level evaluators and SSO's decision is reasonable. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-275818/html/GAOREPORTS-B-275818.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-275818/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-275818.pdf GAO/B-275818 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-275818 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-275818; EBA Engineering, Inc.;