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 1998-01-26 monographic deposited born digital 8 p. GA 1.13:B-278408 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-278408 P0b002ee18fd4a9b3 f:278408 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-278408 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-278408 B-278408 Comptroller General Decision

1. Protest against conduct of debriefing, contending that agency should have had experts capable of understanding technical aspects of proposal conduct the debriefing in order to allow protester to elaborate on its inadequately written proposal, is denied; the adequacy of a debriefing is a procedural matter concerning agency actions after award which are unrelated to the validity of the award, and, in any event, the purpose of a debriefing is not to give offerors the opportunity to cure deficiencies in their proposals, but to furnish the basis for the selection decision and contract award.<p/>2. Protest that agency improperly rejected protester's proposal for failure to meet solicitation's technical requirements is denied where the record shows that proposal contained major deficiencies--a failure to present a coherent explanation of the offered process for disposing of chemical munitions and a general lack of care in assessing and managing the potentially lethal byproducts of the process--reasonably warranting its rejection.<p/>3. Post-award protest that agency improperly limited competition to offerors of "mature technologies" is dismissed as untimely where solicitation made clear that agency was seeking only such technologies and protest thus should have been filed before the time set for receipt of initial proposals. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-278408/html/GAOREPORTS-B-278408.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-278408/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-278408.pdf GAO/B-278408 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-278408 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-278408; Thermolten Tech., Inc., B-278408; B-278408.2, January 26,; Title 10 Section 2305(b)(5) 10 U.S.C. 2305(b)(5) Volume 110 Page 3009 110 Stat. 3009 Public Law 104-208