B-235049: Jun 21, 1989

A firm protested any contract award to another firm under a Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) solicitation for filter elements, contending that it was entitled to award, since: (1) its bid was low after application of a small-disadvantaged-business evaluation preference; (2) DLA deliberately and in bad faith failed to send it a solicitation amendment; and (3) DLA improperly reopened negotiations and...

B-235049: Jun 21, 1989

Offeror who failed to acknowledge a material solicitation amendment was properly considered ineligible for award. Where agency learned that offeror's product will meet its needs but does not comply with requirements of the solicitation. Protest that agency deliberately and in bad faith failed to send protester a solicitation amendment is denied where the annotated offerors list shows that the agen...