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 1998-08-10 monographic deposited born digital 6 p. GA 1.13:B-280270 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-280270 P0b002ee18fd44942 f:280270 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-280270 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-280270 B-280270 Comptroller General Decision

1. In procurement set aside for small businesses, where protester fails to timely challenge proposed awardee's size status after receiving agency notice of intent to award and contracting officer otherwise had no information prior to award that impeached awardee's certification that it is a small business, contracting officer acted reasonably in not questioning that certification.<p/>2. Protest of price/technical tradeoff in best value procurement is denied where source selection authority reasonably determined that protester's "excellent" past performance rating did not justify paying a significantly higher price than that proposed by an offeror with a "good" past performance rating. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-280270/html/GAOREPORTS-B-280270.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-280270/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-280270.pdf GAO/B-280270 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-280270 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-280270; Randolph Engineering Sunglasses, B-280270, August 10, 1998; Title 15 Section 637(b)(6) 15 U.S.C. 637(b)(6)