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 2000-05-24 monographic deposited born digital 19 p. GA 1.13:B-284684 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-284684 P0b002ee18fd4d55e f:284684 DGPO 2016-06-24 2016-06-24 GAOREPORTS-B-284684 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-284684 B-284684 Comptroller General Decision 1. Protest that agency improperly failed to advise protester during discussions that its price was so high as to make award to the firm unlikely, is denied where contemporaneous record indicates that agency determined that proposed price was reasonable, realistic and complete based on the technical approach; while Federal Acquisition Regulation sect. 15.306(e)(3) gives contracting officer discretion to inform offeror that its cost/price is too high, it does not require that the contracting officer do so.<p/>2. Protest that agency conducted an improper cost/technical tradeoff is denied where record indicates that agency recognized the technical advantages of the protester's proposal, but reasonably determined that those advantages were not worth its substantially higher price. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-284684/html/GAOREPORTS-B-284684.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-284684/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-284684.pdf GAO/B-284684 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-284684 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-284684; Hydraulics International, Inc., B-284684; B-284684.2, May 24, 2000;