“Best-Value” Need Not Appear in Solicitation if Solicitation Describes Award Basis; GAO B-414204.3, SSI Technology Inc.

Protest arguing that the awardee could not provide the required product from an approved source is denied, where the solicitation did not require the source to be approved at the time the awardee submitted its offer, and protest grounds arguing that a best-value award was not permitted by the solicitation is denied, where the terms of the solicitation clearly described best-value criteria.