Protester is not entitled to the costs of filing and pursuing its protest when the agency took corrective action after comments were filed where the comments raised new allegations. The corrective action was clearly linked to these new allegations and not to the initial protest allegation. Which was not clearly meritorious. The corrective action was taken 5 working days after the comments were fil...

A firm claimed reimbursement for its protests costs pursuant to its protest of the Army rejection of its bid for meals, lodging, and transportation, contending that the Army failed to take prompt corrective action in response to its protest. GAO held that the Army: (1) took corrective action in response to the protester's additional protest allegations; (2) tailored its corrective action by reopen...