B-254667: Dec 30, 1993

A firm protested a Defense Industrial Supply Center (DISC) contract award for shaft seal assemblies, contending that DISC should have awarded it the contract, since it was the low bidder. GAO held that there was no evidence that: (1) DISC received the protester's bid; and (2) the protester's subsequent bid was identical to its original bid. Accordingly, the protest was denied...

B-254667: Dec 30, 1993

PROCUREMENT Small Purchase Method Quotations Late submission Evidence Sufficiency Protest that agency failed to consider small purchase quote is denied where it is not clear that the quote was ever received by the agency. Advanced Seal contends that it submitted a lower-priced quote than the awardee's and that the purchase order therefore should have been placed with it. The agency reports that Ad...