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 2005-07-29 monographic deposited born digital 16 p. GA 1.13:B-296334 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-296334 P0b002ee18039a5de f:296334 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-B-296334 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-296334 B-296334 Comptroller General Decision 1. Discussions were meaningful where agency led protesters into areas of their proposals requiring additional information or improvement, including staffing levels and maintenance plans.<p/> 2. Agency's use of three adjectival ratings instead of five, as called for by solicitation, did not render evaluation unreasonable, since adjectival ratings are simply a guide for use by contracting officials, and numerical scores as well as supporting narratives provided means of differentiating among proposals that would have been provided by additional adjectival ratings.<p/> 3. Technical evaluations of protesters' proposals under staffing and other subfactors were reasonable where they are consistent with content of proposals; for example, protesters' proposals offered fewer personnel than agency's estimated targets and personnel who lacked required qualifications, and failed to reasonably assure the government of access to preventive maintenance software.<p/> 4. Technical evaluation of awardee's proposal was unobjectionable where agency reasonably found that proposed staffing levels were appropriate and that personnel were qualified for proposed positions. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-296334/html/GAOREPORTS-B-296334.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-296334/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-296334.pdf GAO/B-296334 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-296334 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-296334; B-296334; B-296334.2; B-296334.3; B-296334.4, Trajen, Inc.; Maytag Aircraft Corporation, July 29, 2005;