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 2001-03-30 monographic deposited born digital 7 p. GA 1.13:B-287013 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-287013 P0b002ee18fd44764 f:287013 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-287013 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-287013 B-287013 Comptroller General Decision 1. Agency improperly awarded a contract on the basis of the lowest priced proposal where the proposal failed to comply with a material solicitation requirement.<p/>2. Where solicitation provided for contract award on the basis of a cost-technical tradeoff emphasizing technical merit over cost/price, it was improper for the agency to evaluate technical proposals on a pass/fail basis and then make its source selection decision on the basis of what it perceived to be the lowest priced, technically acceptable proposal without advising offerors of this change in the source selection criteria. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-287013/html/GAOREPORTS-B-287013.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-287013/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-287013.pdf GAO/B-287013 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-287013 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-287013; Special Operations Group, Inc., B-287013; B-287013.2, March 30, 2001;