[Request for Reconsideration of Denial of Protest Against AID Contract Award]

A firm requested reconsideration of a decision denying its protest against an Agency for International Development (AID) cost-reimbursement contract award for technical services and training. The protester contended that procurement officials improperly disclosed some of its cost data to the awardee when requesting best and final offers. The protester also seemed to request reconsideration based on the fact that in requesting best and final offers, AID specified that it was to provide three word processors while asking the awardee to provide only two of them. GAO found that: (1) the alleged disclosure of the protester's cost breakdown information would not be a proper basis for reversing the original protest because it would not change the relative standing of the offerers, even if the awardee adjusted its proposal based on the disclosed information; and (2) the solicitation did not require a specified number of word processors. Accordingly, the prior decision was affirmed.