Agency’s Dismissal of Strength in Protester’s Proposal Contradicted Evaluation Narrative Identifying This Strength as a Differentiator; GAO B-414672.3, Solers Inc.

Protest challenging the agency’s technical evaluation is sustained, where the evaluators concluded that a strength assessed to the proposal would have no impact on performance, despite a statement to the contrary in the evaluation itself, and where the agency failed to assess strengths to the protester’s proposal for aspects that were identical to perceived strengths in competitors’ proposals.