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[Request for Reconsideration of Denied Protest of Air Force Contract Award]

B-228395.2 Published: May 31, 1988. Publicly Released: May 31, 1988.
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A firm requested reconsideration of its denied protest against an Air Force contract award. GAO had held that the Air Force reasonably concluded that the awardee's bid represented the best overall value to the government. In its request for reconsideration, the protester contended that the: (1) awardee's proposed personnel lacked knowledge of a required computer language; (2) awardee's bid was unrealistically low; and (3) Air Force improperly denied its Freedom of Information Act request for technical evaluation documents. GAO held that: (1) the protester merely reiterated arguments it raised in its original protest; and (2) it had no authority to determine what information the Air Force had to disclose under the Freedom of Information Act. Accordingly, the request for reconsideration was denied.

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