B-228543: Feb 5, 1988

A firm protested a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) contract award to another firm for data management and analysis services, contending that HHS: (1) failed to inform it of the deficiencies in its bid; (2) misled it during discussions into increasing the costs in its best and final offer; and (3) performed an inadequate cost-realism analysis of the awardee's bid. GAO held that the: (...

B-228543: Feb 5, 1988

Offeror was not prejudiced by agency's failure to advise it of two weaknesses agency found in its proposal where. The contractor is to provide all the personnel. Similar services have been provided by the pro-tester for the initial phase of the project under a contract scheduled to be completed in late 1987. Section M of the RFP provided that the technical proposal would be the most important cons...