B-256813.6: Oct 29, 1996

A firm requested reimbursement for its protest costs pursuant to its successful protest of the Navy's termination of its contract and subsequent contract award for operational test program sets. GAO had held that the Navy used an outdated and defective small business concern representation clause in the solicitation, which led the protester to miscertify its products. The protester claimed reimbur...

B-256813.6: Oct 29, 1996

Claim for costs of reasonable attorneys' fees for filing and pursuing a successful protest is allowed for portion of fees related to prosecution of the bid protest at the General Accounting Office. Fees related to other forums are not recoverable. Costs for attorneys fees incurred for defending against Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request by a competitor to the contracting agency for proteste...