B-194724: May 14, 1979

GAO DOES NOT QUESTION AN AGENCY'S DETERMINATION THAT A LESS RESTRICTIVE SOLICITATION WILL MEET GOVERNMENT'S NEEDS ABSENT EVIDENCE OF FRAUD OR INTENTIONAL MISCONDUCT. 2. REMOVED RESTRICTIVE QUALIFICATION PROVISION (REQUIREMENT FOR PRE-BID MEETING) FROM SOLICITATION AND HAS NOT SHOWN THAT GOVERNMENT WILL NOT FAIRLY CONSIDER ITS QUOTATION. 3. WHEN IT IS APPARENT FROM PROTESTER'S SUBMISSION THAT THERE...

B-194724: May 14, 1979

The Department of Health, Education and Welfare issued a request for quotations requiring offerors to attend a prebid meeting to qualify for the procurement. The solicitation was amended after issuance to delete this requirement. A company which had attended the meeting protested deletion of this requirement and requested reimbursement for the expense it occurred in attending. Absent evidence of...