B-216487.2: Oct 30, 1984

A firm protested a Geological Survey contract award, contending that, although it was the incumbent contractor, it failed to receive an invitation for bids because it was mailed to the wrong address. GAO has held that failure to solicit an incumbent contractor does not require resolicitation where adequate competition resulted in reasonable prices and where there was no deliberate or conscious int...

B-216487.2: Oct 30, 1984

BIDS - INVITATION FURNISHING - EFFECT OF FAILURE TO RECEIVE DIGEST: PROTEST THAT THE PROCURING AGENCY FAILED TO FURNISH THE SOLICITATION TO THE INCUMBENT CONTRACTOR IS SUMMARILY DENIED WHERE THE PROTESTER HAS NOT ALLEGED OR SHOWN THAT COMPETITION AND REASONABLE PRICES WERE NOT OBTAINED AND THAT THE FAILURE TO FURNISH THE SOLICITATION WAS THE RESULT OF A DELIBERATE OR CONSCIOUS EFFORT TO EXCLUDE TH...