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 2008-02-26 monographic deposited born digital 29 p. GA 1.13:B-310825 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-310825 P0b002ee18fd4dd98 f:310825 DGPO 2016-06-24 2016-06-24 GAOREPORTS-B-310825 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-310825 B-310825 Comptroller General Decision 1. Protest alleging that firm had developed governmentwide standard applicable to the item being procured, thereby having an unfair informational advantage over other competitors, is denied where record establishes that firm did not have a role in developing the relevant governmentwide standard.<p/> 2. A competitive advantage that derives from an offeror's previous performance under a government contract is not an unfair competitive advantage that agency is required to neutralize.<p/> 3. Contracting agency engaged in meaningful discussions where agency advised protester of specific weaknesses regarding lack of a selected software architecture approach; agency was not required to also afford the protester an opportunity to cure proposal defects first introduced either in response to discussions or in a post-discussion proposal revision.<p/> 4. Protest challenging the evaluation of technical proposals is denied where the record establishes that the agency's evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the evaluation criteria.<p/> 5. Protest that past performance evaluation was unreasonable is sustained where record shows that: the findings in the agency evaluation report were not consistent with the information upon which the findings were based; the agency evaluators could not remember whether they evaluated and gave proper consideration to adverse past performance information regarding the awardee; and the agency did not properly assess the relevance of the offeror's prior contracts. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-310825/html/GAOREPORTS-B-310825.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-310825/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-310825.pdf GAO/B-310825 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-310825 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-310825; B-310825; B-310825.2, DRSC3 Systems, LLC, February 26, 2008;