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 1998-01-09 monographic deposited born digital 6 p. GA 1.13:B-278579 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-278579 P0b002ee18fd463a9 f:278579 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-278579 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-278579 B-278579 Comptroller General Decision

1. Protester's contention that agency improperly rejected its price as unrealistically low is sustained because--absent technical evaluation criteria related to the concern about the protester's price--questions about a small business offeror's ability to perform at its proposed price in a fixed-price environment are matters of responsibility, the negative determination of which must be referred to the Small Business Administration.<p/>2. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of the relative strengths and weaknesses of the protester's proposal is denied where the evaluation was consistent with the stated evaluation criteria and reasonable. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-278579/html/GAOREPORTS-B-278579.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-278579/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-278579.pdf GAO/B-278579 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-278579 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-278579; Possehn Consulting, B-278579, January 9, 1998; Title 15 Section 637(b)(7) 15 U.S.C. 637(b)(7)