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B-237005: Jan 5, 1990

A firm protested an Air Force contract award for microwave radio terminal set spare parts, contending that the awardee's bid: (1) was unbalanced because there was a significant difference between its minimum initial quantity prices and its higher prices for additional quantities; and (2) would not result in the lowest ultimate cost to the government. GAO held that the Air Force was not obligated t...

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B-237005: Jan 5, 1990

Protest against allegedly unbalanced offer is denied. Is unbalanced. Were termed the "pricing matrix.". The solicitation further provided that the government could reject any offer that was materially unbalanced as to prices for the minimum initial quantity and the matrix quantity ranges. Defining unbalanced offers as any that were "based on prices significantly less than cost for some work and pr...