A firm protested an Air Force contract award to another firm for liquid oxygen-nitrogen generating plants, contending that the: (1) Air Force improperly awarded the contract without conducting any discussions; (2) evaluation criteria were ambiguous; (3) specifications were defective, since they did not comply with Department of Defense requirements for contamination-survivable systems; and (4) con...

Was properly made without discussions since the agency reasonably found this would result in the lowest overall cost to the government. The protester was not prejudiced where the RFP did not require delivery of the first article within the shorter period and the protester's cost for meeting the short delivery period is $275. Is $2. The protests are dismissed in part and denied in part. The RFP pro...