Criterion Shows Price Review Error in Air Force Base Competition

Criterion Corp. showed that the US Air Force improperly eliminated its bid to provide base operations support services at Homestead Air Reserve Base in Florida, the GAO said in a decision released Tuesday.

The Air Force should conduct a new price realism evaluation of Criterion’s bid, the GAO said. It should assess whether Criterion’s low proposed price reflects a technical solution demonstrating a misunderstanding of the duties to perform, or an inordinate risk of unsuccessful performance, the Government Accountability Office said.

Criterion showed that it was excluded from the competition based solely on the Air Force’s “unreasonable” price realism analysis, ...