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 1999-02-03 monographic deposited born digital 10 p. GA 1.13:B-281388 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-281388 P0b002ee18fd438c4 f:2813883 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-281388 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-281388 B-281388 Comptroller General Decision

1. Determination to select lowest priced technically acceptable proposal for award of contract, and determination that the awardee's prices were realistic are unobjectionable where both determinations were made in a manner consistent with the evaluation criteria, and the awardee's professional compensation plan and base salaries compared favorably with other offerors and with the current average annual salary standard. <p/>2. Agency did not relax solicitation's adequate compensation requirements and did not misleadingly cause offeror to maintain (rather than lower) its proposed professional compensation, where the agency was consistent in the concerns it raised with offerors about professional compensation, and made award to an offeror whose professional compensation compared favorably with the current average salary standard and the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook, and was actually higher than the protester's.<p/>3. Firms which offered the third and fourth lowest prices of six technically equal proposals are not interested parties to protest that the contracting agency improperly evaluated the awardee's proposal since, as provided by the solicitation, price properly was the determinative factor for award and the protesters would not be in line for award if the allegation were sustained. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-281388/html/GAOREPORTS-B-281388.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-281388/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-281388.pdf GAO/B-281388 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-281388 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-281388; OMV Medical, Inc.; Saratoga Medical Center, Inc., B-281388; B; Title 10 Section 2305(b)(5) 10 U.S.C. 2305(b)(5) Title 31 Section 3551-56 31 U.S.C. 3551-56