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 2003-12-03 monographic deposited born digital 10 p. GA 1.13:B-292761 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-292761 P0b002ee18fd44d16 f:292761 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-292761 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-292761 B-292761 Comptroller General Decision Under a request for quotations, issued under simplified acquisition procedures, under which oral presentations constituted the vendors* technical submissions and which provided for award based upon a price/technical tradeoff, protest challenging source selection decision is sustained, where the contracting officer*s selection of the higher-priced, higher-rated quotation reflected a failure to meaningful consider price, given that the price/technical tradeoff was based primarily upon a technical consideration which the contracting officer testified he did not understand and for which he obtained no advice. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-292761/html/GAOREPORTS-B-292761.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-292761/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-292761.pdf GAO/B-292761 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-292761 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-292761; e-LYNXX Corporation, B-292761, December 3, 2003;