B-219664: Dec 6, 1985

A firm protested certain specifications in a Defense Audiovisual Agency (DAVA) solicitation for audiovisual services, contending that: (1) the workload estimates that DAVA provided were erroneous in various respects; (2) the liquidated damages provision of the solicitation imposed penalties that were not related to the damage the government could suffer from inadequate performance; (3) the solicit...

B-219664: Dec 6, 1985

CONTRACTS - NEGOTIATION - REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS - SPECIFICATIONS - QUANTITY ESTIMATES - BEST AVAILABLE INFORMATION REQUIREMENT PROTEST BY INCUMBENT CONTRACTOR THAT WORKLOAD ESTIMATES IN SOLICITATION ARE DEFECTIVE BECAUSE THEY DIFFER FROM THE CURRENT WORKLOAD IS DENIED WHERE PROTESTER FAILS TO SHOW THAT THE ESTIMATES ARE NOT BASED ON THE BEST INFORMATION AVAILABLE CONCERNING THE AGENCY'S ANTICIPAT...