GAO Rejects Protest Suggesting that Agency Should Have Imposed More Stringent Requirements on Proposed Awardee During Evaluations; GAO B-413888.2 et al, HP Enterprise Services LLC

Protest challenging the agency’s evaluation of proposals is denied, where the solicitation did not contemplate a price realism evaluation and therefore the agency was not required nor allowed to conduct one, and where the agency reasonably concluded the awardee’s proposal was technically acceptable, despite some identified weaknesses.