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 2001-01-18 monographic deposited born digital 8 p. GA 1.13:B-286529 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-286529 P0b002ee18fd47e91 f:286529 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-286529 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-286529 B-286529 Comptroller General Decision 1. Protest of the inclusion of an algorithmic formula--the general image quality equation (GIQE)--as part of the evaluation in a procurement for aerial imaging sensors is denied, where the GIQE is an accepted method of assessing imaging sensors performance, where the protester has not shown that the equation cannot reasonably predict performance of proposed sensors, and where the solicitation permits offerors to submit other data and analyses, in addition to the GIQE analysis, to substantiate performance claims for proposed sensors. 2. Solicitation pricing scheme that provided different quantities of sensors to be priced, depending upon whether an offeror proposed a single sensor meeting all the performance requirements or two sensors working together to meet the requirements, is not defective where the scheme provided for the pricing of essentially equivalent numbers of sensors and reflected a reasonable approach to evaluating the pricing of different technical approaches. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-286529/html/GAOREPORTS-B-286529.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-286529/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-286529.pdf GAO/B-286529 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-286529 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-286529; Recon-Optical, Inc., B-286529, January 18, 2001;