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 1999-01-11 monographic deposited born digital 8 p. GA 1.13:B-281074.2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-281074-2 P0b002ee18fd46669 f:2810742 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-281074-2 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-281074-2 B-281074.2 Comptroller General Decision 1. Contentions that agency unreasonably evaluated protester's technical proposal and improperly concluded that the awardee's higher-rated, higher-cost proposal offered the best value to the government, are denied where the record shows that the evaluation was reasonable and in accordance with the stated evaluation criteria, and the agency reasonably determined that the technical superiority of the awardee's proposal warranted the cost premium.<p/>2. Contention that agency's method for allocating points for cost placed undue emphasis on technical merit and allegedly resulted in a misleading evaluation is denied where the scoring scheme used by the agency accurately reflects the relative weights of the technical and cost factors announced in the solicitation and there is no evidence that the agency's approach resulted in a distorted or misleading evaluation. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-281074-2/html/GAOREPORTS-B-281074-2.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-281074-2/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-281074-2.pdf GAO/B-281074.2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-281074-2 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-281074.2; National Toxicology Laboratories, Inc., B-281074.2, January;