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 1998-10-23 monographic deposited born digital 18 p. GA 1.13:B-280595 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-280595 P0b002ee18fd4e7db f:280595 DGPO 2016-06-24 2016-06-24 GAOREPORTS-B-280595 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-280595 B-280595 Comptroller General Decision 1. Protest that contracting agency improperly evaluated protester's proposal with respect to management and cost issues is denied where the record shows that the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the evaluation criteria.<p/>2. Protest that contracting agency's best value analysis improperly distorted the solicitation's evaluation scheme and resulted in an irrational award decision is denied where, in accordance with the solicitation's terms, the agency's best value analysis consisted of the development of discriminators between competing proposals, the weighing of those discriminators between competing proposals, and the selection for award of those proposals based upon the quantity, significance, and applicability of the superior features proposed. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-280595/html/GAOREPORTS-B-280595.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-280595/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-280595.pdf GAO/B-280595 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-280595 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-280595; Keane Federal Systems, Inc., B-280595, October 23, 1998;