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[Protest Against U.S. Marshals Service Contract Award for Lease of Aircraft]

B-227893: Aug 20, 1987

A firm protested a U.S. Marshals Service contract award for lease of an aircraft, contending that the agency should: (1) terminate the contract and resolicit the requirement, since it awarded the contract on the basis of an option period and a base period and the base period alone represented its actual needs; and (2) award it the contract, since it was low bidder for the base period. GAO held tha...

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B-227893, Aug 20, 1987, 87-2 CPD 188

B-227893: Aug 20, 1987

PROCUREMENT - Competitive Negotiation - Offers - Evaluation - Options - Prices DIGEST: Agency properly included option period in the solicitation where agency reasonably determined there is an anticipated need for the service beyond the first contract period. Key essentially claims that USMS will not exercise the option under this RFP. Key should have received the award. USMS concedes that at the...

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