B-227054: Jul 23, 1987

A firm protested the Architect of the Capitol's rejection of its proposal under a two-step procurement for computer equipment, contending that the: (1) agency improperly rejected its proposal without allowing it to correct deficiencies; (2) agency's proposal evaluation was erroneous; and (3) agency failed to obtain adequate competition, since it only held discussions with one firm. GAO held that t...

B-227054: Jul 23, 1987

The General Accounting Office (GAO) will not independently review proposals submitted on the first step of a two-step sealed bidding acquisition. Since the judgment of the relative merits of proposals is in the first instance the responsibility of the contracting agency. Nor will GAO question the exclusion of the protester's proposal as unacceptable where that proposal appears to have reasonably b...