B-231715: Aug 19, 1988

A firm protested any Air Force contract award for family housing maintenance, contending that the solicitation reimbursement clause was vague and ambiguous, since it failed to: (1) sufficiently limit potential contractor liability for the cost of materials; or (2) provide sufficient information to estimate the contractor's entitlement to reimbursement for certain materials. GAO held that the: (1)...

B-231715: Aug 19, 1988

Protest that solicitation estimate for reimbursable materials is inaccurate and insufficiently detailed is denied where estimate is based on historical data and the record does not establish that estimate is unreasonable or not based on the best information available to the agency. Protest that solicitation reimbursement provision is ambiguous because it does not sufficiently limit the bidders' po...