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 2016-06-24 U.S. Government Publishing Office 2007-09-27 monographic deposited born digital 14 p. GA 1.13:B-298626.2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-298626-2 P0b002ee18fd4c33d f:2986262 DGPO 2016-06-24 2016-06-24 GAOREPORTS-B-298626-2 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-298626-2 B-298626.2 Comptroller General Decision 1. Solicitation reasonably put protester on notice that performance of the solicitation's aircraft "service ceiling" threshold capabilities would be considered in evaluation of proposals.<p/> 2. Agency was reasonably concerned with protester's proposed approach to performing "service ceiling" aircraft threshold capabilities in that the approach involved protester's application of a "new operational mode" relying on [deleted].<p/> 3. Agency reasonably evaluated protester's proposal as "marginal" under the air vehicle subfactor, and as creating "high performance risk," where protester failed to provide data from engine manufacturer addressing the impact of protester's "new operational mode."<p/> 4. Protester's assertion that awardee's proposal contemplated use of [deleted] similar to that of the protester's is without merit where record shows that awardee's aircraft was able to perform threshold capabilities without [deleted], that use of [deleted] was relied on by awardee to expedite task performance, and that awardee's proposed use of [deleted] was consistent with the existing manufacturer documentation for the aircraft engines.<p/> 5. Agency properly assigned only adjectival ratings to offerors' life cycle costs where solicitation expressly advised offerors that comparison of numerical cost values associated with life cycle costs would not be a "driver" in the source selection decision. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-298626-2/html/GAOREPORTS-B-298626-2.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-298626-2/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-298626-2.pdf GAO/B-298626.2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-298626-2 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-298626.2; B-298626.2, B-298626.3, Raytheon Company, Space and Airborne Systems, September 27, 2007;