B-225693.2: May 4, 1987

A firm protested the General Services Administration's (GSA) award of a contract for travel management services, contending that GSA did not fairly consider its proposal, since GSA awarded the contract before the deadline for submitting required financial information. GAO held that: (1) GSA requested the financial information solely to determine the protester's responsibility and not for evaluatio...

B-225693.2: May 4, 1987

PROCUREMENT - COMPETITIVE NEGOTIATION - CONTRACT AWARDS - INITIAL OFFER AWARDS - PROPRIETY DIGEST: PROTEST THAT AGENCY'S AWARD OF CONTRACTS ONE DAY PRIOR TO THE DEADLINE FOR THE PROTESTER TO SUBMIT REQUESTED FINANCIAL INFORMATION INDICATES THAT THE AGENCY DID NOT GIVE THE PROTESTER'S PROPOSAL FULL AND FAIR CONSIDERATION IS WITHOUT MERIT WHERE THE RECORD SHOWS THAT THE AGENCY REQUESTED FINANCIAL IN...