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 2004-06-04 monographic deposited born digital 7 p. GA 1.13:B-293867 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-293867 P0b002ee18fd456c6 f:293867 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-293867 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-293867 B-293867 Comptroller General Decision 1. Where underlying evaluation record confirms agency*s finding of no significant difference in technical quality between protester*s and awardee*s equally&#8209;rated proposals, source selection authority reasonably concluded that awardee*s lower&#8209;priced proposal represented *best value* to the government. <p/> <p/> 2. Allegation of improper *bait and switch* scheme by awardee based on job offers to incumbent key and non-key personnel is denied where there is no showing that awardee misrepresented availability of its proposed key personnel; job offers were made after incumbent personnel contacted awardee post-award; contract includes key personnel substitution provision; although awardee plans to request substitution of 3 of 11 key personnel, all but one proposed key employee--who left the firm--is available to perform if substitution is not approved; and potential substitution of non-key personnel could have no impact on evaluation, which focused on key, not non-key, personnel qualifications. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-293867/html/GAOREPORTS-B-293867.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-293867/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-293867.pdf GAO/B-293867 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-293867 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-293867; AdapTech General Scientific, LLC, B-293867, June 4, 2004;