B-215391: Oct 30, 1984

A firm protested the inclusion of two clauses in a General Services Administration (GSA) procurement, arguing that: (1) the first was arbitrary and unjust because it made false assumptions; and (2) the second included an impermissible penalty for work omitted or unsatisfactorily performed. GAO held that GSA provided a reasonable explanation for its assumptions in the first clause and that the prot...

B-215391: Oct 30, 1984

AN ALLEGATION THAT A PRICE DEDUCTION FORMULA FOR A REDUCTION IN SPACE IS DEFECTIVE AND THUS ARBITRARY AND UNJUST IS WITHOUT MERIT WHERE THE RECORD ESTABLISHES THAT THE FORMULA IS NOT DEFECTIVE AS ALLEGED. AN HOURLY DEDUCTION RATE FOR WORK UNSATISFACTORILY PERFORMED IS UNOBJECTIONABLE AND NOT EXCESSIVE WHERE THE RECORD ESTABLISHES THAT THE RATE USED ACCURATELY REFLECTS THE COST TO THE GOVERNMENT IN...