Negotiation and Evaluation of Revised Proposal

A protester complained that its proposal was improperly rejected because the agency failed to negotiate in good faith and failed to properly evaluate the proposals. An agency is under no obligation to conduct further negotiations with an offeror whose initial proposal is considered technically acceptable, once the offerer's revised proposal is evaluated and considered outside of competitive range. The fact that the offerer received a lower score for the revised proposal than for the initial proposal was justified. No improprieties were found in the present procurement, and protester failed to cite specific examples indicating agency effort to exclude company from procurement. The protest was denied.