B-222591.2: Oct 9, 1986

A state agency protested a Department of Education contract award for the development and operation of a five-state area regional resource center for bilingual education, contending that Education: (1) unreasonably excluded it from the competitive range; (2) failed to notify it that its proposal was technically unacceptable and failed to conduct discussions with it; (3) unreasonably found that its...

B-222591.2: Oct 9, 1986

GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE (GAO) WILL CONSIDER. SENSITIVE MATERIAL CONCERNING AN ONGOING PROCUREMENT WHICH WAS SUBMITTED BY A CONTRACTING AGENCY TO GAO. DETERMINATION OF WHETHER A PROPOSAL SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE COMPETITIVE RANGE IS PRIMARILY WITHIN THE CONTRACTING AGENCY'S DISCRETION. WHERE AN AGENCY DETERMINES THAT PROTESTER'S PROPOSAL WAS NOT REASONABLY SUSCEPTIBLE OF BEING MADE ACCEPTABLE WI...