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 2003-03-25 monographic deposited born digital 29 p. GA 1.13:B-291793 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-291793 P0b002ee18fd43d78 f:291793 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-291793 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-291793 B-291793 Comptroller General Decision 1. Notwithstanding notice that competition was limited to firms that held prior contracts under a program definition and risk reduction contract for aircrew masks, a subcontractor was reasonably found to be eligible to compete under the terms of the subsequent solicitation for the development contract for the aircrew masks. 2. Protest that agency's inadvertent release of evaluation material resulted in an unfair competition is denied, where the record shows that the release did not provide the awardee with an unfair competitive advantage or competitively prejudice the protester. 3. Agency reasonably evaluated awardee's proposal under a solicitation for the development of aircrew masks, where the record shows that the agency fairly and reasonably considered the respective strengths and weaknesses of each proposal in accordance with the evaluation criteria and determined that the awardee's proposal was superior. 4. In a solicitation for the development of aircrew masks, agency did not hold unequal discussions regarding the affordability of one aspect of the masks, even though the agency asked the awardee, but not the protester, a specific question on this matter, where the record shows that the protester was already aware of the information provided to awardee and was permitted an equal opportunity to respond. 5. Agency reasonably assigned a weakness to the protester's proposal for failing to comply with the funding profile identified by the agency, where consideration of funding constraints was reasonably encompassed within solicitation evaluation criteria. 6. Where agency inquired whether awardee would consider variation in quantities and warranty clauses, technical transfusion did not occur, even though these clauses had been previously offered by the protester, because agency did not disclose innovative and unique approaches of the protester and the questions on these matters were neutral on their face. 7. Agency performed a reasonable cost realism analysis on the cost-reimbursement component and a reasonable price analysis on the fixed-price components of a procurement for the development of aircrew masks. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-291793/html/GAOREPORTS-B-291793.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-291793/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-291793.pdf GAO/B-291793 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-291793 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-291793; Gentex Corporation--Western Operations, B-291793; B-291793.2; B-291793.3, March 25, 2003;