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 2000-09-25 monographic deposited born digital 22 p. GA 1.13:B-278276.25 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-278276-25 P0b002ee18fd47d0e f:27827625 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-278276-25 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-278276-25 B-278276.25 Comptroller General Decision 1. Agency's comprehensive technical evaluation report, which summarizes individual evaluators' comments and assessments and explains the evaluated strengths of each proposal on a factor-by-factor basis, provides an adequate basis for GAO to review the agency's evaluation and determine that it was not arbitrary.<p/>2. Where proposals are considered acceptable and within the competitive range, the agency is not obligated to discuss every aspect of a proposal that receives less than the maximum score; here, agency satisfied its obligation to provide meaningful discussions.<p/>3. Price/technical tradeoffs in best value determination, based on combined technical/risk scores, evaluators' recommendations, limits to numbers of awards, and economy of scale pricing are reasonably supported by the record as a whole, which includes comments of evaluators and reasoning of selection board, as verified by consideration of a price-per-technical-point calculation. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-278276-25/html/GAOREPORTS-B-278276-25.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-278276-25/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-278276-25.pdf GAO/B-278276.25 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-278276-25 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-278276.25; Apex Marine Ship Management Company, LLC; American V-Ships, B-278276.25; B-278276.28, September 25, 2000;