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 2010-10-18 U.S. Government Printing Office 1999-03-22 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:B-281331.3 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-281331-3 P0b002ee180b1c0cd f:2813313 DGPO 2010-10-18 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-B-281331-3 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-281331-3 B-281331.3 Comptroller General Decision 1. Agency termination of contract for the convenience of the government is unobjectionable where, shortly after award, the agency reasonably determined that the award had been predicated on an obviously mistaken evaluation of another offeror's past performance and that the corrected evaluation resulted in that other offeror becoming in line for award.<p/>2. Allegation that agency misevaluated proposals with respect to past performance is denied where the record shows the agency evaluation was reasonable and did not conflict with the solicitation evaluation criteria. While the solicitation called for offerors to submit at least 10 references, and the awardee did so, the solicitation did not state that all 10 references would be evaluated, and the agency's decision to evaluate only 5 references for all offerors did not prejudice the protester and was otherwise unobjectionable.<p/>3. Agency determination that allegedly enhanced hourly rates for two line items did not represent a risk that the government would pay unreasonably high prices is reasonable where award to offeror proposing those labor rates results in lower price because the rates apply only to two contingent labor categories which affect only a small percentage of the total price. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-281331-3/html/GAOREPORTS-B-281331-3.htm GAO/B-281331.3 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-281331-3 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-281331.3; Kellie W. Tipton Construction Company, B-281331.3, March 22,;