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[Protest of Army Corps of Engineers Contract Award for Security Fence]

B-232586: Nov 30, 1988

A firm protested an Army Corps of Engineers contract award for a security fence, contending that the Corps improperly: (1) failed to award the contract within the bid acceptance period; and (2) requested two successive best and final offers (BAFO). The protester also contended that other bidders acquired proprietary information from its former employees. GAO held that the protester: (1) was not pr...

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B-232586, Nov 30, 1988, 88-2 CPD 540

B-232586: Nov 30, 1988

The contracting officer may allow the successful offeror to waive the expiration of its proposal acceptance period without reopening negotiations to make an award on the basis of the offer as submitted since waiver under these circumstances is not prejudicial to the competitive system. Allegation that other offerors may have acquired proprietary information from a former employee of protester invo...

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