B-205326.2: Dec 14, 1982

A firm protested the Navy's issuance of a delivery order under a General Services Administration (GSA) multiple award schedule contract for commercial teleprocessing services. The awardee was selected after the Navy conducted a benchmark to determine which contract provided the lowest cost. Although the Navy had initially intended to award the contract to the protester, it reconsidered because the...

B-205326.2: Dec 14, 1982

AGENCY'S INTERPRETATION OF A WRITTEN GROUND RULE CONCERNING EVALUATION OF BENCHMARK TO DETERMINE WHICH TELEPROCESSING SERVICES MULTIPLE AWARD SCHEDULE CONTRACTOR IS LEAST COSTLY IS UPHELD WHERE CIRCUMSTANCES INDICATE IT TO BE THE ONLY REASONABLE INTERPRETATION. THE NOTES ARE INCONCLUSIVE. THE PROTESTER THUS FAILS TO MEET ITS BURDEN OF PROVING THE AGENCY'S INTERPRETATION WAS NOT INTENDED BY THE PAR...