B-195957: Feb 25, 1980

AGENCY WAS NOT PROHIBITED FROM AWARDING CONTRACT IN EXCESS OF $500. PROTESTER'S LOW COST PROPOSAL WAS FOUND TO BE. PROTESTER HAS FAILED TO SUBSTANTIATE CONTENTION THAT AWARDEE'S TECHNICAL PROPOSAL WAS DEFICIENT AND HAD LESS TECHNICAL MERIT THAN ITS OWN. 3. THAT NEGOTIATED PROCUREMENT SHOULD HAVE BEEN FORMALLY ADVERTISED IS UNTIMELY FILED PROTEST ISSUE AND NOT FOR CONSIDERATION UNDER BID PROTEST PR...

B-195957: Feb 25, 1980

A firm protested the award of a contract for the fabrication and installation of an exhibit for the Visitor Arrival Center at Grand Coulee Dam, Washington, by the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR). The protester alleged that it was misled by BOR, that under the applicable criteria its low proposal was technically acceptable and should have been selected for award, that the proposal should have been form...