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 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2005-05-20 monographic deposited born digital 12 p. GA 1.13:B-295987 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-295987 P0b002ee18037a54f f:295987 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-B-295987 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-295987 B-295987 Comptroller General Decision 1. Protester's challenge that it should have been afforded the opportunity to comment on negative past performance information, which the protester had not previously had the opportunity to address, is denied where the solicitation indicated that award could be made without the benefit of discussions and there was no basis for the agency to have questioned the validity of the information since it was based on the agency's first-hand experience with the protester's performance.<p/> 2. Agency did not trigger requirement to hold discussions with all competitive range offerors by communicating with awardee regarding its subcontracting plan prior to award since these communications did not pertain to evaluation of the awardee's proposal and therefore did not constitute discussions. Rather, the negotiation and ultimate approval of a subcontracting plan involved a question of the awardee's responsibility. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-295987/html/GAOREPORTS-B-295987.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-295987/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-295987.pdf GAO/B-295987 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-295987 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-295987; General Dynamics-Ordnance & Tactical Systems, B-295987; B-295987.2, May 20, 2005;