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 2008-06-18 monographic deposited born digital 4 p. GA 1.13:B-311403 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-311403 P0b002ee18fd45957 f:311403 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-311403 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-311403 B-311403 Comptroller General Decision Protest that agency failed to conduct an adequate best value analysis is denied where award was made to the lower priced of two technically equal proposals and the protester does not timely challenge either the underlying technical or price evaluations; in a negotiated procurement with a best value evaluation award methodology, where selection officials reasonably regard proposals as being essentially equal technically, price properly may become the determining factor in making award, notwithstanding that the solicitation assigned price less importance than technical factor. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-311403/html/GAOREPORTS-B-311403.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-311403/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-311403.pdf GAO/B-311403 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-311403 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-311403; B-311403, DIT-MCO International Corporation, June 18, 2008;