A firm claimed reimbursement for its preparation costs under its sustained protest against a Forest Service solicitation for refuse collection. GAO had recommended that the Service recalculate its estimate and, if appropriate, terminate the current contract and reexamine the validity of its decision to set aside the solicitation for small businesses. GAO held that the protester was: (1) ineligible...

No other remedy is available. On the ground that Fish's price was improperly determined to be reasonable. That the price reasonableness determination based upon this estimate therefore was invalid. Black Hills argued further that Fish's price was unreasonable under a correct government estimate. Which would have greatly reduced the amount of fees that could be expected to arise under the contract...