Blue's proposal was rated "marginal," but its price was the lowest of the five proposals evaluated. However, the technical evaluation team found Blue's proposal did not comply with a number of solicitation requirements, which the source selection officials found to be proposal deficiencies. Blue’s proposal would have required extensive revision to become compliant with the RFP requirements. The RFP stated the Government intended to award without discussions. The Government awarded to Red, without discussions. Red’s proposal met the RFP requirements, offered a fair and reasonable price, and was thus selected to be the best value for the government. Blue argues that the Government was required to seek clarifications for their deficiencies. Did the Government act appropriately?

Sean lives in dallas and runs a business that sells boats. in an average year, he receives $722,000 from selling boats. of this sales revenue, he must pay the manufacturer a wholesale cost of $422,000; he also pays wages and utility bills totaling $268,000. he owns his showroom; if he chooses to rent it out, he will receive $2,000 in rent per year. assume that the value of this showroom does not depreciate over the year. also, if sean does not operate this boat business, he can work as a paralegal, receive an annual salary of $21,000 with no additional monetary costs, and rent out his showroom at the $2,000 per year rate. no other costs are incurred in running this boat business.identify each of sean's costs in the following table as either an implicit cost or an explicit cost of selling boats.implicit costexplicit costthe wages and utility bills that sean pays the rental income sean could receive if he chose to rent out his showroom the salary sean could earn if he worked as a paralegal the wholesale cost for the boats that sean pays the