B-259571.3: Dec 8, 1995

A firm protested an Army contract award for prototypes of a biological standoff detection system, contending that the Army: (1) engaged in technical levelling; (2) performed an improper cost realism evaluation; and (3) improperly evaluated its technical proposal. GAO held that the Army: (1) did not engage in technical levelling, since it needed to conduct additional technical/management discussion...

B-259571.3: Dec 8, 1995

DIGEST Protest that agency engaged in prohibited technical leveling is denied where record shows that agency needed to conduct an additional round of technical/management discussions in order to clarify uncertainties either still existing or created by firms' responses to initial discussion questions. Protest that agency failed to perform an adequate cost realism evaluation is denied where record...

B-259571.3: Dec 8, 1995

Protest that agency engaged in prohibited technical leveling is denied where record shows that agency needed to conduct an additional round of technical/management discussions in order to clarify uncertainties either still existing or created by firms' responses to initial discussion questions. Protest that agency failed to perform an adequate cost realism evaluation is denied where record shows t...