In its December 2016 decision in Extreme Concepts Inc, the GAO ordered a re-evaluation after deciding that the Army had unfairly evaluated the complainant’s lack of past government experience. As the GAO noted, the relevant federal acquisition regulations and RFP rules called for a neutral evaluation score when a bidder had no record of relevant past performance with the government. However, the GAO found that the complainant was improperly rejected on past performance grounds even though it offered the lowest cost and its overall score was higher than an accepted competing bidder. The GAO therefore ordered a re-evaluation of the unfair contract award process.
