B-229764: Mar 17, 1988

A firm protested the Mine Safety and Health Administration's (MSHA) determination to maintain in-house performance of operation and support services, contending that MSHA: (1) failed to consider its low bid; (2) improperly determined that its staffing level was low; and (3) should reimburse it for its protest preparation costs. GAO held that: (1) MSHA properly rejected the protester's bid, since t...

B-229764: Mar 17, 1988

The management plan was to contain three parts showing proposed organization structure and proposed overall staffing. Personnel and management was most important. The other factors listed were technical. Although the TEC conceded that the protester's proposal was excellent in many respects. The agency notified the protester that its proposal was considered inadequate based on its failure to provid...