B-224518.2: Mar 17, 1987

A firm protested the Department of the Interior's rejection of its proposal for the maintenance of automatic data processing equipment, contending that the elimination of its proposal from the competitive range resulted in a sole-source award. GAO held that: (1) Interior reasonably determined that the protester's proposal was unacceptable, since it excluded an agreement with the equipment manufact...

B-224518.2: Mar 17, 1987

THAT ITS ELIMINATION FROM THE COMPETITIVE RANGE WILL RESULT IN A DE FACTO SOLE-SOURCE AWARD TO ANOTHER FIRM. IS WITHOUT MERIT WHERE THE FINAL COMPETITIVE RANGE ACTUALLY CONTAINS MORE THAN ONE OFFER. IS WITHOUT MERIT WHERE THE PROTESTER EITHER WAS ON ACTUAL NOTICE OF THE AGENCY'S REQUIREMENTS OR HAS MISINTERPRETED THE AGENCY'S REASONS FOR FINDING THAT THE OFFER WAS TECHNICALLY UNACCEPTABLE. WHERE P...