https://www.gao.gov/products/139077

B-235257: Jul 5, 1989

A firm protested a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) solicitation for operation of a distribution center, contending that a damages provision improperly authorized NOAA to deduct from contractor payments the charge for an entire task in the event of the contractor's unsatisfactory performance on one or more task elements. GAO held that NOAA adequately justified its need for th...

https://www.gao.gov/products/484128

B-235257: Jul 5, 1989

Procurement - Competitive Negotiation - Requests for proposals - Terms - Liquidated damages - Propriety Provision in a solicitation for operation of a distribution center which authorizes deduction for entire task because of unsatisfactory performance of any one element of the task is unobjectionable. Where the task is not divisible by separate elements for purposes of determining an acceptable qu...