B-232977: Feb 6, 1989

A firm protested an Air Force contract award for a management services implementation plan, contending that: (1) it was entitled to award, since its low bid was technically acceptable; and (2) the Air Force improperly included the awardee's unreasonably high bid in the competitive range. GAO held that the Air Force reasonably determined that the awardee's: (1) higher priced, technically superior b...

B-232977: Feb 6, 1989

The government is not required to make award to the firm offering the lowest cost where solicitation does not state that award will be made on that basis. Instead provides that award will be made to the offeror whose proposal is most advantageous to the government. McShade protests that the Air Force improperly failed to follow the RFP evaluation criteria in evaluating proposals and that McShade s...