SSA Can Overrule Evaluation Findings, but Must Support This Decision; GAO B-415155.3, Department of Defense—Reconsideration

The agency’s request for reconsideration of a decision sustaining a protest is denied, where the source selection authority’s decision to remove a strength from the protester’s proposal and weaknesses from the awardee’s proposal was not supported by the solicitation methodology and where the SSA failed to support the rationale for his decision.