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: (...