B-265644.2: May 1, 1996

A firm claimed reimbursement for its protest costs pursuant to its protest of an Army Corps of Engineers solicitation for copier services, contending that the Corps did not take timely corrective action in response to its protest. GAO held that the protester was entitled to its protest costs, since the Corps failed to act promptly in response to the protest. Accordingly, the claim was allowed...

B-265644.2: May 1, 1996

Request that the General Accounting Office award costs of filing and pursuing a protest is granted where. After the RFQ was issued. The user advised the contracting division that the solicitation had been issued in error since its requirement was for copier services on a cost per copy basis. Concluded that the cost per copy was the most advantageous cost method for acquiring these services. Which...