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 2007-10-10 monographic deposited born digital 8 p. GA 1.13:B-299931 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-299931 P0b002ee18fd47ee3 f:299931 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-299931 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-299931 B-299931 Comptroller General Decision 1. Under a solicitation for competitive quotations issued under the Federal Supply Schedule program that only provided for vendors to submit prior experience/past performance references for the past 5 years, an agency improperly considered and awarded strengths, based on information provided by the successful vendor with its quotation, for projects that were completed more than 5 years ago.<p/> 2. Agency failed to evaluate quotations reasonably or in accordance with the solicitation where strengths relating to the successful vendor's experience and past performance were assigned under the project plan/schedule technical factor, which did not encompass evaluation of the vendor's experience and past performance, and where the solicitation contained a separate evaluation factor for experience/past performance under which the successful vendor received consideration for its experience/past performance.<p/> 3. Under solicitation for competitive quotations issued under the Federal Supply Schedule program that provided for a tradeoff analysis with technical factors being more important than price, agency improperly based issuance of an order on the lowest-priced, technically acceptable quotation. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-299931/html/GAOREPORTS-B-299931.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-299931/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-299931.pdf GAO/B-299931 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-299931 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-299931; B-299931; B-299931.2, GlassLock, Inc., October 10, 2007;