https://www.gao.gov/products/140108

B-236739: Nov 20, 1989

A firm protested a Marine Corps contract award for a telephone switchboard, contending that the: (1) awardee's bid was unbalanced; and (2) Corps improperly evaluated option prices. GAO held that the: (1) protester abandoned its protest regarding the awardee's allegedly unbalanced bid; and (2) Corps reasonably based its amendment of the solicitation to include evaluation of options on the historica...

https://www.gao.gov/products/448992

B-236739: Nov 20, 1989

The issue is deemed abandoned. Protest that agency had insufficient justification for considering and evaluating option prices is denied where agency reasonably expects to buy sufficient option quantities to insure that awardee's offer will ultimately provide the lowest cost to the government. GTE alleges that the awardee's proposal was unbalanced and also objects to the agency's evaluation of opt...