Here is the issue: It is clear that task orders issued by a civilian agency against a civilian IDIQ cannot be protested because the law expired Sept. 30 that gave GAO jurisdiction over protests of task orders over $10 million. This applies to all federal agencies that are authorized under Title 41 of the U.S. code.
The net economic benefit, to an individual, is the benefit received from paying less for a good than the maximum amount that the person is willing to pay for it. Thus, if a person is willing to pay up to $3 for something, but the market price is $1, then the net economic benefit for that item is $2.
Marginal benefit. Marginal benefit measures the incremental increase in benefit to a consumer achieved by consuming one additional unit of a good or service. Another way to think of marginal benefit is the maximum amount a consumer is willing to pay in order to consume that additional unit.