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 2001-04-09 monographic deposited born digital 36 p. GA 1.13:B-286925.3 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-286925-3 P0b002ee18fd4e77d f:2869253 DGPO 2016-06-24 2016-06-24 GAOREPORTS-B-286925-3 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-286925-3 B-286925.3 Comptroller General Decision Protest against award of single contract for both infantry carrier vehicle (ICV) and mobile gun system (MGS) variants of new family of armored vehicles is denied where (1) awardee's proposal for ICV, accounting for approximately 89 percent of new vehicles in contemplated brigade, was reasonably evaluated as offering significant performance and supportability advantages which outweighed protester's schedule and price/cost advantages, and (2) although awardee's schedule for deploying MGS was very disadvantageous and evaluation did not fully reflect certain disadvantages with respect to ammunition storage in awardee's MGS, its proposal nevertheless offered other performance and supportability advantages, and selection of awardee's MGS would result in commonality between ICV and MGS, such that award for both variants was not unreasonable. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-286925-3/html/GAOREPORTS-B-286925-3.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-286925-3/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-286925-3.pdf GAO/B-286925.3 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-286925-3 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-286925.3; United Defense LP, B-286925.3; B-286925.4; B-286925.5, April 9, 2001;