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 2003-10-07 monographic deposited born digital 9 p. GA 1.13:B-292559 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-292559 P0b002ee18fd4c570 f:292559 DGPO 2016-06-24 2016-06-24 GAOREPORTS-B-292559 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-292559 B-292559 Comptroller General Decision 1. Where solicitation instructed offerors to submit past performance references for projects similar in size, complexity and nature to the contract being awarded and indicated that past performance would be evaluated based on performance of work similar in nature to that required by the solicitation, the agency reasonably downgraded protester*s proposal for not identifying project references that were comparable in dollar value to that of the requirement solicited. 2. Because solicitation provided that the agency would evaluate the quality and workmanship of samples of museum exhibit work completed by offerors* proposed personnel, it was reasonable for the agency to consider the aesthetic quality of the work samples submitted by the offerors. 3. Contracting agency reasonably concluded that awardee*s use of a subcontractor which had participated in the development of the solicitation*s specifications did not present an organizational conflict of interest because the subcontractor had worked only on design aspects of the specifications, more than one contractor was involved in preparing the specifications, and the subcontractor was not in a position to draft specifications favoring its own products. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-292559/html/GAOREPORTS-B-292559.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-292559/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-292559.pdf GAO/B-292559 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-292559 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-292559; American Artisan Productions, Inc., B-292559; B-292559.2, October 7, 2003;