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 1999-07-23 monographic deposited born digital 10 p. GA 1.13:B-282555 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-282555 P0b002ee18fd4dad6 f:282555 DGPO 2016-06-24 2016-06-24 GAOREPORTS-B-282555 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-282555 B-282555 Comptroller General Decision Where protester and awardee initially proposed comparable levels of effort for a particular category of key personnel and, during discussions, the agency provided awardee, but not protester, with detailed advice regarding the importance of increasing the proposed levels of effort for those personnel, and also provided only the awardee the opportunity to submit multiple iterations of its proposal and to receive detailed agency feedback on each iteration, the agency's conduct improperly favored one offeror over another. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-282555/html/GAOREPORTS-B-282555.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-282555/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-282555.pdf GAO/B-282555 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-282555 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-282555; Chemonics International, Inc., B-282555, July 23, 1999;