B-225383: Jan 6, 1987

A firm protested a Department of the Interior contract award for a flatbed plotter and related support services, contending that: (1) the solicitation improperly included a liquidated damages clause; (2) Interior, by requesting the protester's best and final offer after it protested the requirement, in effect relaxed the liquidated damages requirement; and (3) the Buy American Act prohibited the p...

B-225383: Jan 6, 1987

ALLEGATION THAT A LIQUIDATED DAMAGES CLAUSE SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS IS UNTIMELY AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED WHERE PROTEST WAS FILED AFTER THE CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF INITIAL PROPOSALS. MANDATORY LIQUIDATED DAMAGES REQUIREMENT UNDER REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS MAY NOT BE CONSIDERED TO HAVE BEEN WAIVED OR RELAXED BY AGENCY REQUEST FOR BEST AND FINAL OFFERS FROM OFFEROR WH...