Weaknesses in Technical Proposal Justify Protester’s Exclusion from Competitive Range, Despite Lower Price; GAO B-413210, 22nd Century Technologies Inc.

Protest challenging the agency’s evaluation of the protester’s proposal and exclusion from the competitive range is denied, where the protester’s proposal provided only a blanket offer to comply with the requirements without describing its approach for supplying the deliverables; and protest arguing the agency engaged in unequal treatment is denied, where errors in the agency’s evaluation did not prejudice the protester, because other issues with its proposal justified its elimination from the competitive range; and protest challenging the protester’s exclusion from the competitive range is denied, where the agency reasonably concluded the protester’s lower price was not a factor given the issues with its technical proposal.