B-209082,B-209219: Mar 1, 1983

Two firms protested the proposed award of contracts under Air Force solicitations for the maintenance of family housing and for the management and operation of an audiovisual center. The contracting activity received notice that the regulation pertaining to the consideration of prompt-payment discounts had been changed, so that agencies were directed to no longer consider prompt-payment discounts;...

B-209082,B-209219: Mar 1, 1983

AGENCY PROPERLY EVALUATED PROMPT-PAYMENT DISCOUNTS EVEN THOUGH DEFENSE ACQUISITION REGULATION WAS AMENDED TO PRECLUDE SUCH EVALUATION. BOTH SOLICITATIONS WERE ISSUED BY THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE. AGENCIES WERE NOW DIRECTED NO LONGER TO CONSIDER PROMPT- PAYMENT DISCOUNTS OFFERED BY BIDDERS WHEN EVALUATING BIDS. PUBLIC NOTICE OF THIS CHANGE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER ON AUGUST 26. WAS C...