B-228494: Feb 1, 1988

A firm protested a Bureau of Mines contract award for a mining industry study, contending that the Bureau: (1) assigned a greater weight to the level of effort than the evaluation criteria allowed and not enough weight to price; and (2) failed to conduct meaningful discussions. GAO held that the: (1) Bureau's evaluations were consistent with the evaluation criteria; (2) Bureau reasonably excluded...

B-228494: Feb 1, 1988

Protest that agency improperly evaluated proposal is denied the protester indicates its disagreement with the agency's evaluation but does not demonstrate that the evaluation was unreasonable. 2. Protest is denied where protester was not prejudiced even if there was a lack of meaningful discussions since meaningful discussions would not have cured technical deficiencies which resulted in protester...