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 2008-04-25 monographic deposited born digital 25 p. GA 1.13:B-311126 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-311126 P0b002ee18fd4df98 f:311126 DGPO 2016-06-24 2016-06-24 GAOREPORTS-B-311126 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-311126 B-311126 Comptroller General Decision 1. Agency's selection of higher-priced, higher-rated proposal for award is reasonable, where the key discriminator between proposals was under the key personnel factor, which was one of the most heavily weighted factors in the evaluation and was "critical" to successful performance, and where the agency reasonably concluded that awardee's superior key personnel were worth the additional price; protester's disagreement with the evaluation of multiple other factors and subfactors does not render the evaluation unreasonable.<p/> 2. Allegation that a key personnel reference had a personal conflict of interest that tainted the evaluation of key personnel is denied, where the reference was provided by the offeror and did not have an official role in the procurement, and the information provided by the reference had no impact on the evaluation.<p/> 3. Allegation that organizational conflicts of interest exist due to the employment of several of the awardee's key personnel is denied, where any conflict, if it exists, is personal to the employees, and not the organization, and is too speculative to impute to their employers. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-311126/html/GAOREPORTS-B-311126.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-311126/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-311126.pdf GAO/B-311126 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-311126 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-311126; B-311126, B-311126.2, B-311126.3, B-311126.4, Savannah River Alliance, LLC, April 25, 2008;