B-214159: Feb 14, 1984

A firm protested any contract award under a General Services Administration (GSA) solicitation, complaining that GSA failed to solicit its participation in a procurement and requesting that it be allowed to submit a bid. GAO has held that an agency's failure to solicit a contractor does not require resolicitation where adequate competition yielded reasonable prices and there was no deliberate inte...

B-214159: Feb 14, 1984

DIGEST: PROTEST THAT PROCURING AGENCY FAILED TO FURNISH SOLICITATION TO PROTESTER IS SUMMARILY DENIED WHERE THE PROTESTER HAS NOT SHOWN THAT COMPETITION AND REASONABLE PRICES WERE NOT OBTAINED AND THE FAILURE TO FURNISH THE SOLICITATION WAS NOT SHOWN TO BE THE RESULT OF ANY DELIBERATE OR CONSCIOUS EFFORT TO EXCLUDE THE PROTESTER FROM COMPETITION. THE PROTEST IS SUMMARILY DENIED. SINCE IT IS CLEAR...