A firm protested a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) purchase order for computerized badging systems, contending that it should have received the order, since its bid was low. GAO held that FEMA improperly: (1) rejected the protester's bid based on unstated evaluation criteria; and (2) determined that the awardee submitted the low bid, based on a calculation error. Accordingly, the protes...

Rejection of lowest-priced quotation from FSS contractor without consideration of its technical acceptability was improper. The protester contends that the order should have been placed with it since its quotation was lower in price than NEI's. Which was issued on September 14. The RFQ advised that all items were to be "quoted off a current GSA schedule" (although non-schedule items were permitted...