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 1999-03-19 monographic deposited born digital 11 p. GA 1.13:B-279565.5 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-279565-5 P0b002ee18fd4b5b5 f:2795655 DGPO 2016-06-24 2016-06-24 GAOREPORTS-B-279565-5 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-279565-5 B-279565.5 Comptroller General Decision

1. Protest that agency failed to give evaluation credit for specific proposed beneficial features of protester's proposal--such as availability of off-site corporate resources and corporate buying power--when evaluating proposals for commercial facilities management services, is denied where agency reasonably determined that features were unlikely to contribute significantly to satisfying agency's stated needs.<p/>2. Protest that discussions were not meaningful because agency failed to point out excesses in protester's technical proposal is denied where claimed beneficial features in fact were not excesses, but rather (1) were considered by the agency to be desirable, (2) were simply protester's approach to complying with the solicitation requirements, or (3) did not render the proposal unacceptable, result in a significant reduction in score, or result in an unreasonable, grossly excessive price. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-279565-5/html/GAOREPORTS-B-279565-5.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-279565-5/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-279565-5.pdf GAO/B-279565.5 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-279565-5 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-279565.5; Consolidated Engineering Services, Inc, B-279565.5, March 19,; Title 41 Section 253b(d)(1)(A) 41 U.S.C. 253b(d)(1)(A)