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 1998-12-17 monographic deposited born digital 20 p. GA 1.13:B-280988 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-280988 P0b002ee18fd4cf25 f:280988 DGPO 2016-06-24 2016-06-24 GAOREPORTS-B-280988 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-280988 B-280988 Comptroller General Decision

1. Allegation that agency used non-cost factors to select a commercial proposal upon which to base a cost comparison pursuant to Office of Management and Budget Circular No. A-76 is untimely where request for proposals specifically stated that technical considerations are more important than cost, and protest was filed after the closing date for receipt of proposals.<p/>2. Allegation that agency could not lawfully initiate cost comparison pursuant to Office of Management and Budget Circular No. A-76 because agency allegedly failed to satisfy threshold conditions is untimely where protester either knew or should have known of the basis for its protest before the closing date for receipt of proposals, and protest was not filed prior to that time. <p/>3. Allegation that agency improperly evaluated proposals is denied where the record shows that the agency evaluated the proposals in accordance with the evaluation factors announced in the solicitation and record reasonably supports overall technical ratings.<p/>4. Protest of agency determination based on cost comparison conducted pursuant to Office of Management and Budget Circular No. A-76 that required services could be performed more economically in-house is denied where protester has not shown that agency conducting the cost comparison failed to comply with the applicable procedures in selecting in-house performance over contracting. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-280988/html/GAOREPORTS-B-280988.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-280988/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-280988.pdf GAO/B-280988 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-280988 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-280988; NWT, Inc.; PharmChem Laboratories, Inc., B-280988; B-; Title 10 Section 2462(a) 10 U.S.C. 2462(a)