B-228599.2: Jul 13, 1988

A firm protested a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) contract award for support services, contending that NASA: (1) should have informed it of its bid's deviation from the solicitation's personnel on-site limitation; (2) erroneously evaluated its probable costs; and (3) improperly failed to consider an audit report recommendation to adjust costs downward. GAO held that the prote...

B-228599.2: Jul 13, 1988

Even where agency should have pointed out an evaluated proposal deviation to the protester. The protester is not prejudiced where the award selection of a higher technically rated offeror would not have been changed. Agency failure to consider late submitted Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) audits of offerors' cost proposals in its probable cost analysis is reasonable. Where DCAA verbally advi...