B-208777: Aug 30, 1983

A firm protested a Corps of Engineers contract award for a study of the probability of hazardous substance spills on a river system. The protester contended that, by awarding a firm fixed-price contract on the basis of initial proposals without discussions, the Corps awarded the contract to a firm that submitted a proposal that was higher priced and technically inferior to its own. In addition, th...

B-208777: Aug 30, 1983

PROTEST IS DENIED. WHERE DEFICIENCIES DID NOT OPERATE TO DENY PROTESTER AN AWARD TO WHICH IT WAS OTHERWISE ENTITLED. 2. " WAS NOT OBJECTIONABLE WHERE WHAT THE EVALUATORS CONSIDERED AND SPECIFIED ON EVALUATION SHEETS WAS REASONABLY RELATED TO THE ANNOUNCED MAJOR CRITERION. 3. THE ERROR OF NOT INFORMING OFFERORS OF THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE ATTACHED TO EACH EVALUATION FACTOR IS NOT CURED BY MERELY ASS...