RFP Leaves Agency Discretion to Accept Proposals Not Fully Compliant with Requirements; GAO B-414603, Orbital Sciences Corporation

Protest arguing the awardee’s proposal did not comply with a material requirement is denied, where the agency had the discretion to assign a weakness to a proposal that did not fully comply with the solicitation requirements, rather than a deficiency; and protest challenging the agency’s cost realism evaluation is denied, where the awardee’s proposed level of effort was not significantly lower than the protester’s and was supported by the awardee’s proposed management approach; and protest challenging the agency’s past performance evaluation is denied, where the agency was not obligated to review an inspector general report as part of the evaluation.