B-222476.2: Dec 23, 1986

WE HAVE ISSUED A FURTHER RESPONSE TO NAC (B-222476.4. FURTHER ADVISING NAC THAT WE ARE CLOSING OUR FILE IN THE MATTER. A COPY OF OUR RESPONSE IS ENCLOSED FOR YOUR INFORMATION AND CONVENIENCE. WE REMAIN CONVINCED THAT THE FIRM'S BID WAS PROPERLY REJECTED AS NONRESPONSIVE DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT WAS MATERIALLY UNBALANCED AS TO FIRST ARTICLE PRICING. THERE IS NO PRECISE MATHEMATICAL FORMULA AVAILABLE...

B-222476.2: Sep 23, 1986

CONTRACTS - PROTESTS - GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE PROCEDURES - RECONSIDERATION REQUESTS - ERROR OF FACT OR LAW - NOT ESTABLISHED DIGEST: PRIOR DECISION UPHOLDING AN AGENCY'S REJECTION OF A BID AS MATERIALLY UNBALANCED IS AFFIRMED AS THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE (GAO) SEES NO BASIS UPON WHICH TO ALTER ITS CONCLUSION THAT THE PROTESTER'S FIRST ARTICLE BID PRICE WAS GROSSLY INFLATED BECAUSE OF THE FI...

B-222476.2: Sep 23, 1986

A firm requested reconsideration of the denial of its protest against the Army's rejection of its bid under a solicitation for magnetic compasses. GAO had held that the Army properly rejected the protester's low bid as unbalanced because its first article production and testing costs were unreasonably high. In its request for reconsideration, the protester contended that: (1) GAO erred in concludi...