B-266246: Jan 18, 1996

A firm protested an Air Force contract award for family housing construction, contending that the Air Force: (1) failed to inform it during discussions that its bid price exceeded the government estimate; and (2) improperly evaluated the technical proposals, since it did not account for the significant technical enhancements in its bid. GAO held that the Air Force: (1) was not required to inform t...

B-266246: Jan 18, 1996

The agency was not required to raise during discussions that an offeror's price exceeded the solicitation's stated cost objective. Which was not an absolute limit. Where the offeror's price was evaluated as realistic. The agency was not required to advise an offeror during discussions of those enhancements evaluated as only marginally beneficial so that the offeror could delete those enhancements...