B-235938:
Oct 25, 1989
A firm protested the Drug Enforcement Agency's (DEA) exclusion of its bid from the competitive range, contending that DEA failed to provide it an opportunity to demonstrate that its product met the qualification requirements. GAO held that DEA failed to solicit offers in a manner designed to achieve full and open competition. Accordingly, the protest was sustained, and GAO recommended that DEA: (1...