B-228053: Dec 8, 1987

A firm protested a Navy contract award for electronic warfare systems installation and maintenance, contending that the: (1) awardee's bid failed to commit to perform all hours in excess of the estimated quantities; (2) Navy improperly reopened negotiations with the awardee and allowed it to modify its bid without providing the same opportunity to all bidders; and (3) awardee's bid was materially...

B-228053: Dec 8, 1987

Where the only reasonable reading of the awardee's best and final offer (BAFO) is that one of two specified prices would apply to labor hours ordered up to a maximum quantity. There is no merit to the protester's contentions that the awardee failed to offer a price for these hours and that the agency's post-BAFO communication with the awardee to confirm its understanding of the offer constituted d...