B-266273: Feb 9, 1996

A firm protested a Federal Highway Administration (FHwA) contract award for a freeway management handbook, contending that FHwA: (1) failed to conduct meaningful discussions with it; and (2) conducted misleading discussions that unnecessarily increased its bid price. GAO held that: (1) FHwA conducted meaningful discussions with the protester that advised it of bid deficiencies; and (2) the protest...

B-266273: Feb 9, 1996

Protest that discussions were not meaningful because the agency did not inform the protester that evaluators were concerned that the protester's proposed level of effort was too low and that the protester had a history of performance problems is denied where the record of oral and written discussions shows that the agency led the protester to reexamine the amount of professional hours it proposed...