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 2002-08-21 monographic deposited born digital 13 p. GA 1.13:B-290515 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-290515 P0b002ee18fd4dadc f:290515 DGPO 2016-06-24 2016-06-24 GAOREPORTS-B-290515 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-290515 B-290515 Comptroller General Decision 1. Agency's evaluation of the protester's and awardee's past performance is unobjectionable where the evaluation was reasonably based and consistent with the evaluation criteria set forth in the solicitation and applicable statutes and regulations. 2. The integrity of the protest process does not permit a protester to argue that the agency improperly interpreted the solicitation and governing regulations as allowing the successful contractor to purchase materials for use in the contract directly from the government where the protester was informed of, shared, and benefited from that interpretation during the procurement process. 3. Agency's determination that the awardee's proposal was acceptable cannot be considered reasonable where the contemporaneous record does not evidence that the agency meaningfully evaluated a relevant and apparently significant section of the awardee's technical proposal, and the agency, in defending the protest, states that its intent is to enter into post-award negotiations with the awardee regarding the protested aspects of the awardee's technical approach that should have been evaluated during the procurement process. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-290515/html/GAOREPORTS-B-290515.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-290515/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-290515.pdf GAO/B-290515 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-290515 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-290515; Sabreliner Corporation, B-290515; B-290515.2; B-290515.3, August 21, 2002;