B-245293: Dec 23, 1991

A firm protested the Department of the Interior's modification of a contract for minicomputer systems and software, contending that the modification constituted a cardinal change that exceeded the original contract's scope. GAO held that: (1) Interior reasonably encouraged and evaluated all bidders' offers of optional equipment; and (2) there was no material difference between the modified contrac...

B-245293: Dec 23, 1991

DIGEST: Contract modification resulting from an engineering change proposal to provide a significantly less expensive and more powerful UNIX operating system was not outside the scope of the contract where the original solicitation requested offerors to propose a UNIX operating system which was evaluated and included as part of the original contract. The computer systems were to be installed at va...