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Protest Involving Fixed-Price Contract

B-196158: Jan 24, 1980

A firm protested the award of a contract under a solicitation which requested fixed-price proposals to convert hardcopy data into machine readable magnetic tape format. The protester contended that its technically sound proposal offering the lowest price should not have been rejected. The request for proposals (RFP) informed offerors that award would be made to that responsible offeror whose offer...

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B-196158, JAN 24, 1980

B-196158: Jan 24, 1980

REJECTION OF PROPOSAL WHICH DOES NOT CONFORM TO SPECIFICATION REQUIREMENT IS PROPER. ANY COMPLAINT CONCERNING SPECIFICATIONS SHOULD HAVE BEEN FILED PRIOR TO CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF PROPOSALS. 2. AGENCY DETERMINATIONS REGARDING TECHNICAL MERITS OF PROPOSALS WILL BE QUESTIONED BY GAO ONLY UPON SHOWING OF UNREASONABLENESS. DOES NOT DEMONSTRATE THAT EVALUATORS' POSITION IS UNREASONABLE. EVALUATION...

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