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 2001-10-10 monographic deposited born digital 11 p. GA 1.13:B-286155.2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-286155-2 P0b002ee18fd4723f f:2861552 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-286155-2 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-286155-2 B-286155.2 Comptroller General Decision 1. Technical evaluation identifying various features of awardee's proposal as advantages was unobjectionable where agency followed solicitation's evaluation criteria and record establishes that evaluated advantages have a reasonable basis.<p/>2. Agency's waiver of testing requirement included in solicitation by mistake did not prejudice protester where cost of the testing is de minimis; reducing protester's price by cost of the testing would not have affected the price-technical tradeoff.<p/>3. Agency was not required to conduct discussions regarding what protester characterizes as perceived weaknesses in its proposal where proposal was rated acceptable under all factors and "weaknesses" were simply areas where awardee's higher-rated proposal had relative technical advantages.<p/>4. Price-technical tradeoff was reasonable where source selection official identified technical distinctions between competing proposals and specifically determined that higher technically rated proposal represented best value despite higher cost. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-286155-2/html/GAOREPORTS-B-286155-2.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-286155-2/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-286155-2.pdf GAO/B-286155.2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-286155-2 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-286155.2; 4-D Neuroimaging, B-286155.2; B-286155.3, October 10, 2001;