B-196970:
Dec 14, 1979
A carrier protested the award of a contract alleging that the awardee's bid was noncompensatory and should have been rejected as nonresponsive. The protester contended that the awardee would have to reduce services to the Government in order to meet its bid price. This was tantamount to an assertion that the awardee submitted a below-cost bid. GAO held that the mere fact that a bidder may have su...