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 2002-09-25 monographic deposited born digital 9 p. GA 1.13:B-290732 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-290732 P0b002ee18fd45556 f:290732 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-290732 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-290732 B-290732 Comptroller General Decision 1. Challenge to agency's evaluation of protester's proposal is denied where the record shows that the agency reasonably evaluated the protester's proposal in accordance with the solicitation's evaluation factors. 2. Agency's decision to select a higher technically rated, higher priced proposal is unreasonable where the record shows that the agency mechanically applied the solicitation's evaluation methodology; neither the source selection documentation nor the evaluation record establish a valid rationale for why the agency found the higher priced, higher technically rated proposal to be most advantageous to the government. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-290732/html/GAOREPORTS-B-290732.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-290732/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-290732.pdf GAO/B-290732 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-290732 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-290732; Shumaker Trucking and Excavating Contractors, Inc., B-290732, September 25, 2002;