Court Rejects Conclusory Evaluation in Federal Supply Schedule Procurement

Procuring agencies enjoy considerable discretion when evaluating proposals, assigning strengths, and determining best value. In streamlined acquisitions, such as orders and blanket purchase agreements (BPAs) under the Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) program, agencies sometimes assume that their discretion is essentially unbounded. A new protest decision from the Court of Federal Claims shows that this is not so. 

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