B-270126: Feb 8, 1996

A firm protested two Department of Labor (DOL) contract awards for management services, contending that: (1) the awardees based their proposals on wage rates below those required; and (2) DOL misled it during discussions. GAO held that: (1) the awardees were not required to bid the specified wage rates, as long as they did not take exception to the solicitation's requirements; and (2) there was no...

B-270126: Feb 8, 1996

Contracting agency may award contract to offeror whose proposal indicated that its price was based on wage rates below Service Contract Act wage determination levels where the proposal does not take exception to solicitation requirement that employees be paid in accordance with the Act. Protest that agency misled protester during discussions is denied where protester has not demonstrated a reasona...