Allegations of Improprieties in Proposal Evaluations

A protester to a contract award alleged that there were improprieties in the proposal evaluations and that the agency waived a solicitation requirement for the awardee without informing other offerors. There were no objections to: the agency's determination that provisions of one of its regulations were not applicable to a particular situation, the agency's judgment that the offeror's proposed course of action was adequately justified, and the technical evaluation. There were objections to: the agency's request for "clarification" from one offeror before he technical evaluation--this necessitated discussions and calls for best and final offers from all offerors; and the failure of the agency to consider the most recent company experience. The source selection official should reconsider the award selection.