B-208502: Mar 1, 1983

A firm protested the award of a cost-plus-award-fee contract under a request for proposals (RFP) issued for an analysis of the impact of solid and hazardous waste policies and regulations. Although the protester offered the lowest price, the contract was awarded to another firm because its proposal received a higher technical score. The protester contended that: (1) its lower price, coupled with i...

B-208502: Mar 1, 1983

MEANINGFUL DISCUSSIONS WERE HELD WHERE THE CONTRACTING AGENCY IDENTIFIED THOSE AREAS IN THE PROTESTER'S PROPOSALS WHICH IT CONSIDERED DEFICIENT AND GAVE THE PROTESTER THE OPPORTUNITY TO CORRECT THOSE DEFICIENCIES IN A REVISED PROPOSAL. IT WAS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO POINT OUT EVERY ASPECT OF THE PROTESTER'S PROPOSAL WHICH RECEIVED LESS THAN THE MAXIMUM SCORE. 2. THE CONTRACTING AGENCY WAS NOT REQUI...