B-209938: Sep 2, 1983

A firm protested a Marine Corps request for a third round of best and final offers and the subsequent contract award, contending that the Corps improperly conducted an auction by repeatedly requesting subsequent rounds of best and final offers until the solicitation accommodated the awardee. GAO held that the awardee had correctly noted an error in the first solicitation and that the Corps properl...

B-209938: Sep 2, 1983

CONTRACTS - NEGOTIATION - OFFERS OR PROPOSALS - BEST AND FINAL - ADDITIONAL ROUNDS - AUCTION TECHNIQUE NOT INDICATED AGENCY'S REQUESTS FOR THREE BEST AND FINAL OFFERS DID NOT AUTOMATICALLY ESTABLISH AN AUCTION SITUATION SINCE THE MULTIPLE BEST AND FINAL OFFERS WERE REQUIRED BY THE RECEIPT OF CONTINGENT OFFERS AND THE AGENCY'S DETERMINATION THAT SEVERAL SOLICITATION REQUIREMENTS. WHICH WERE INHIBIT...