A firm protested any Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) contract award for runway marker lights, contending that DLA should have awarded it the contract, since it submitted the low, responsive bid. GAO noted that DLA deferred final action on the protester's bid pending a GAO decision on the matter. GAO held that: (1) the protester unreasonably interpreted the solicitation as providing three bidding op...

Protester's interpretation of solicitation as providing for three bidding alternatives is unreasonable where item description sets forth only two alternatives and solicitation does not elsewhere expressly establish third alternative or otherwise augment item description. Provided for addition of evaluation factor to bid which indicates it is based on VECP. A bid not indicating it was based on VECP...