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...