A firm protested the Navy's decision to reopen negotiations under a solicitation for engineering and technical services, contending that the: (1) Navy improperly awarded it the contract, since the specifications regarding bid evaluation had only one reasonable interpretation; and (2) Navy's release of its proprietary information gave other offerers a competitive advantage. GAO held that the: (1) N...

Procurement - Competitive Negotiation - Discussion Reopening - Auction Prohibition - Procurement - Competitive Negotiation - Discussion - Reopening - Propriety Where there was a reasonable possibility that the failure of a solicitation adequately to advise offerors of the actual basis for award resulted in competitive prejudice. Then the determination of the contracting agency to reopen negotiatio...