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 2000-09-08 monographic deposited born digital 5 p. GA 1.13:B-285655 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-285655 P0b002ee18fd4e351 f:285655 DGPO 2016-06-24 2016-06-24 GAOREPORTS-B-285655 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-285655 B-285655 Comptroller General Decision 1. Agency's downgrading of protester's proposal under technical requirements factor (safety control procedures subfactor) was reasonable where proposal did not demonstrate familiarity with safety manual listed in solicitation, and did not provide details of safety or quality control plans; downgrading of proposal under small business subcontracting effort factor was reasonable where solicitation specifically instructed offerors to state their subcontracting goals, and proposal contained only general statement that contracts performed by the offeror normally do not require the use of subcontractors.<p/>2. Agency's decision to select higher-priced, higher technically rated proposal was reasonable where solicitation permitted selection of other than the lowest-priced proposal and agency specifically determined that, due to technical merit of awardee's proposal and weaknesses in protester's, awardee's higher-priced proposal provided the best value to the government. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-285655/html/GAOREPORTS-B-285655.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-285655/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-285655.pdf GAO/B-285655 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-285655 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-285655; Hedgecock Electric, Inc., B-285655, September 8, 2000;