B-225478.2: Mar 3, 1987

A firm protested Defense Personnel Support Center (DPSC) contract awards for thermostabilized pouched meat components, contending that: (1) two awardees submitted unrealistically low prices because they did not account for testing costs; and (2) DPSC awarded a contract to a third firm for quantities in excess of its industrial preparedness planning allocation. GAO held that: (1) the portion of the...

B-225478.2: Mar 3, 1987

PROTEST THAT AWARDEES' PRICES ARE UNREALISTICALLY LOW BECAUSE THEY DO NOT REFLECT THE COSTS OF COMPLIANCE WITH A TESTING PROCEDURE REQUIRED BY THE SOLICITATION IS DENIED WHERE CONTRACTING OFFICER HAS DETERMINED THAT AWARDEES ARE RESPONSIBLE. CONTRACTING OFFICER COULD NOT DETERMINE THAT PROTESTER'S PRICE ON ONLY ITEM FOR WHICH IT WAS IN LINE FOR AWARD WAS FAIR AND REASONABLE. CONTRACTING OFFICER'S...