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 1999-01-20 monographic deposited born digital 6 p. GA 1.13:B-281289 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-281289 P0b002ee18fd4956a f:281289 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-281289 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-281289 B-281289 Comptroller General Decision 1. General Accounting Office (GAO) will not consider argument that agency has not correctly defined its own needs because GAO's role is to ensure that the statutory requirements for full and open competition are met, not to determine whether different specifications might better meet the agency's needs.<p/>2. Under solicitation for commercial items, award to vendor whose quotation is reasonably judged to be best in terms of past performance and price is proper where solicitation provides for evaluation of past performance and price, and does not provide for comparative evaluation of vendors' technical solutions. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-281289/html/GAOREPORTS-B-281289.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-281289/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-281289.pdf GAO/B-281289 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-281289 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-281289; APTUS Company, B-281289, January 20, 1999;