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 2002-12-18 monographic deposited born digital 35 p. GA 1.13:B-290125.2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-290125-2 P0b002ee18fd488ff f:2901252 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-290125-2 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-290125-2 B-290125.2 Comptroller General Decision

1. Statutory provision enacted after proposals were evaluated but before source selection decision was made, which directs Secretary of Energy to, *notwithstanding any other provision of law,* ask offerors to confirm or reinstate their offers within a certain time, select for award of a contract the *best value of proposals* for the solicitation's scope of work within 30 days of enactment, and negotiate with the awardee for certain contract modifications, does not remove the procurement from the coverage of the ordinarily applicable procurement laws and regulations, including those governing General Accounting Office jurisdiction over a protest of the procurement, where the statutory provision's requirements are not inconsistent with these ordinarily applicable procurement laws and regulations. 2. Protest that contracting agency improperly evaluated offerors' technical and cost proposals is denied where the record shows that the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the stated evaluation criteria; source selection decision based upon the evaluation results was also reasonable, consistent with the stated evaluation criteria, and well supported. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-290125-2/html/GAOREPORTS-B-290125-2.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-290125-2/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-290125-2.pdf GAO/B-290125.2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-290125-2 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-290125.2; Jacobs COGEMA, LLC, B-290125.2; B-290125.3, December 18, 2002; Title 31 Section 1341 31 U.S.C. 1341 Volume 112 Page 681 112 Stat. 681 Volume 116 Page 820 Volume 116 Page 851-52 116 Stat. 820 116 Stat. 851-52 Public Law 105-204 Public Law 107-206