B-226616: Mar 30, 1987

A firm protested a proposed Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) contract award for sterotactic systems and accessories, contending that DLA disclosed its bid price to the awardee, since the awardee lowered its bid price in successive requests for best and final offers. GAO held that: (1) the awardee's reduced bid price did not prove that DLA revealed the protester's price; and (2) the protester provide...

B-226616: Mar 30, 1987

ITS CONTENTION IN THIS REGARD IS MERE CONJECTURE AND THUS PROVIDES NO BASIS TO SUSTAIN THE PROTEST. THE BASIS FOR ELEKTA'S ARGUMENT IS THAT ELEKTA'S RESPONSE TO THE FIRST AMENDMENT WAS AN OFFER OF $352. RADIONICS' RESPONSE TO EACH OF THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENTS WAS LESS THAN ELEKTA'S. THE FACT THAT THE SUCCESSFUL OFFEROR IN A NEGOTIATED PROCUREMENT REDUCES ITS PRICE IN RESPONSE TO A REQUEST FOR BEST...