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 2004-02-18 monographic deposited born digital 5 p. GA 1.13:B-293256 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-293256 P0b002ee18fd46f85 f:293256 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-293256 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-293256 B-293256 Comptroller General Decision 1. Protester was not prejudiced by agency*s alleged unequal evaluation of its proposal and the awardee*s higher-rated proposal, where the awardee*s proposal had a lower price and the protester does not assert that its proposal should be higher rated than the awardee*s proposal. 2. Protest that the awardee had an unfair competitive advantage by hiring a retired government employee prior to submitting a proposal does not provide a basis to sustain the protest where the record does not support protest allegations that the retired employee was a procurement official on the protested procurement, took the protester*s proposal from the 1998 competition for some of these requirements, had access to source selection information, or had improper contacts with agency officials that provided the awardee with an unfair competitive advantage. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-293256/html/GAOREPORTS-B-293256.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-293256/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-293256.pdf GAO/B-293256 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-293256 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-293256; Orion International Technologies, Inc., B-293256, February 18, 2004;