B-210709.2: Nov 18, 1983

A firm requested reconsideration of a decision that denied its protest of the exclusion from the competitive range of its proposal submitted in response to a request for proposals issued by the Department of Transportation for teleprocessing services. The proposal was technically acceptable, but its price was so far out of line with the other offers that it was rejected without negotiations. The p...

B-210709.2: Nov 18, 1983

DIGEST: PRIOR DECISION HOLDING THAT AN AGENCY COULD PROPERLY EXCLUDE PROTESTER'S EXCESSIVELY PRICED PROPOSAL FROM THE COMPETITIVE RANGE WITHOUT FURTHER DISCUSSIONS IS AFFIRMED WHERE RECORD SHOWS THAT ALL OFFERORS WERE AFFORDED AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVISE THEIR COST PROPOSALS AND PROTESTER'S COSTS REMAINED EXCESSIVE. THE PRIOR DECISION IS AFFIRMED. THE PROPOSAL WAS FOUND TO BE TECHNICALLY ACCEPTABLE B...