B-219901: Aug 23, 1985

A firm protested the acceptability of another firm's low bid under the second step of a two-step Navy procurement for base operating services. The protester contended that the bid could not be in conformance with the awardee's technical proposal because its price was 10-percent lower than the second low bid and was also less than the cost of the incumbent contractor's current contract. The protest...

B-219901: Aug 23, 1985

BIDS - PRICES - BELOW COST - NOT BASIS FOR PRECLUDING AWARD DIGEST: NO LEGAL BASIS EXISTS TO PRECLUDE A CONTRACT AWARD MERELY BECAUSE A BIDDER MAY HAVE SUBMITTED A BELOW-COST BID. T CONTENDS THAT DEL-JEN'S BID COULD NOT HAVE BEEN IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE COMPANY'S STEP-ONE TECHNICAL PROPOSAL BECAUSE DEL- JEN'S PRICE IS 10 PERCENT BELOW THE SECOND LOW BID. ALSO IS LESS THAN THE PRICE BEING PAID TO T...