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 1998-11-19 monographic deposited born digital 8 p. GA 1.13:B-280803 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-280803 P0b002ee18fd45f3d f:280803 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-280803 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-280803 B-280803 Comptroller General Decision

1. Protest of agency's determination not to award the protester phase II funding for a project the protester proposed under the Department of Defense Small Business Innovation Research program is sustained where the agency's determination was primarily based upon the protester's lack of private sector funding for its phase II proposal, which was inconsistent with the evaluation criteria set forth in the solicitation.<p/>2. Agency's post-award reevaluation of the protester's proposal and determination that the proposal could have been rejected for a completely different reason than originally asserted by the agency does not establish that the protester was not prejudiced by the agency's initial evaluation, which was inconsistent with the solicitation's evaluation criteria, because the reevaluation was prepared in the heat of an adversarial process and may not represent the fair and considered judgment of the agency. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-280803/html/GAOREPORTS-B-280803.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-280803/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-280803.pdf GAO/B-280803 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-280803 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-280803; Intellectual Properties, Inc., B-280803, November 19, 1998; Title 15 Section 638 15 U.S.C. 638