B-228808: Nov 25, 1987

A firm protested the Department of Energy's (DOE) rejection of its bid for security services, contending that the contracting officer should have considered its past experience as the incumbent contractor in determining its bid's acceptability. The protester also claimed reimbursement for its protest preparation costs. GAO held that: (1) since the protester failed to submit specific required infor...

B-228808: Nov 25, 1987

Its technical proposal should have been rated unacceptable but susceptible of being made acceptable and DOE should have held discussions with Halifax. The protest is denied. No pricing is involved. The second step is a price competition in which sealed bids are invited from those firms which submitted acceptable technical proposals in step one. Halifax was notified on August 4. The other two techn...