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 2002-09-23 monographic deposited born digital 17 p. GA 1.13:B-290716 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-290716 P0b002ee18fd45003 f:290716 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-290716 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-290716 B-290716 Comptroller General Decision 1. Under a request for quotations (RFQ) issued in a competitive procurement under the Federal Supply Schedule, where the RFQ does not contain a late quotation clause, the contracting agency may accept quotation modifications received prior to the source selection if acceptance will not prejudice the other competitors. 2. In a competitive procurement under the Federal Supply Schedule program with a stated *best value* evaluation plan whereby the technical factor is significantly more important than all the other factors combined and price is the least important factor, the contracting agency's decision to select a substantially higher-priced quotation, even though the lower-level evaluation did not produce ratings that showed a significant overall difference in technical merit between the quotations, is reasonable where the higher-level evaluators and source selection authority reasonably identified significant advantages in technical merit in the higher-priced quotation, consistent with the evaluation criteria stated in the solicitation, which justified an award based on the higher-priced quotation. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-290716/html/GAOREPORTS-B-290716.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-290716/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-290716.pdf GAO/B-290716 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-290716 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-290716; KPMG Consulting LLP, B-290716; B-290716.2, September 23, 2002;