B-217028: Jan 22, 1985

A firm protested a Federal Aviation Administration contract award, contending that, although it proposed to pay its employees a higher hourly wage than the awardee, it could have performed the contract in a more cost-efficient manner. GAO held that the: (1) solicitation informed bidders that the low bid would not necessarily receive the award; and (2) protester untimely protested an alleged solici...

B-217028: Jan 22, 1985

AWARD OF A FORMALLY ADVERTISED CONTRACT MUST BE BASED ON LOWEST TOTAL PRICE IF THE BID IS RESPONSIVE AND THE BIDDER IS RESPONSIBLE. STATEMENT IN IFB THAT THE CONTRACT WILL NOT NECESSARILY BE AWARDED TO THE LOWEST BIDDER MERELY INFORMS BIDDERS THAT THE RESPONSIBILITY ARE ADDITIONAL FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED BEFORE AWARD WILL BE MADE. ALLEGING THAT PROCUREMENT SHOULD HAVE BEEN NEGOTIATED RATHER THAN...