A firm protested a Navy contract award for pier construction, contending that the: (1) Navy did not follow the solicitation's bid evaluation scheme; (2) awardee submitted an improperly signed bid modification letter; and (3) awardee's bid and modification letter lacked required time and date stamps. GAO held that the: (1) protester unreasonably interpreted the solicitation; (2) awardee properly si...

The result would not change whether or not the price of the option item was added to those of the two base items which were properly awarded. The award was made under request for proposals (RFP) No. The contract work is a critical part of the Gulf Homeporting Program designed to accommodate the homeporting of an aircraft carrier battle group on the United States Gulf coast. Which was limited to 2...