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 2001-10-10 monographic deposited born digital 12 p. GA 1.13:B-288280 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-288280 P0b002ee18fd4cd7e f:288280 DGPO 2016-06-24 2016-06-24 GAOREPORTS-B-288280 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-288280 B-288280 Comptroller General Decision 1. Notwithstanding statement in solicitation that simplified acquisition procedures were being used and authority at Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) sect. 12.602(a) not to disclose the relative weight of evaluation factors when using simplified procedures, an agency's failure to disclose the relative weight of evaluation factors was unreasonable because basic fairness dictated disclosure of the relative weights where the agency required offerors to prepare detailed written proposals addressing unique government requirements.<p/>2. Protester's contention that an agency's decision to assign a weight of 5 percent to a solicitation's past performance evaluation factor violates FAR sect. 12.206 (providing that past performance should be an important element of every evaluation) is denied as the FAR provision is discretionary, not mandatory.<p/>3. Even in a commercial acquisition using simplified procedures, where an agency requests detailed written proposals, a selection decision is improper where it lacks a rationale which sets forth a basis for the tradeoffs made, including an explanation of any perceived benefits associated with additional costs. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-288280/html/GAOREPORTS-B-288280.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-288280/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-288280.pdf GAO/B-288280 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-288280 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-288280; Finlen Complex, Inc., B-288280, October 10, 2001; Public Law 103-355