B-270172: Feb 13, 1996

A firm protested a Coast Guard contract award for oil salvage from a sunken barge, contending that the: (1) Coast Guard unreasonably evaluated its bid; and (2) the awardee had an organizational conflict of interest. GAO held that the: (1) Coast Guard reasonably determined that the protester's bid was technically unacceptable, since it failed to offer firm, fixed prices; (2) Coast Guard was not req...

B-270172: Feb 13, 1996

Where offerors are required to propose on a firm. Fixed-prices were requested for CLIN No. 0001. Time-and-materials CLINs (Nos. 0002 and 0004) are not relevant to this decision.). In which technical quality was more important than price. Then MPC will bill as extras the additional quantities per the unit pricing" provided in the cost breakdown information. Fixed prices for CLIN Nos. 0001 and 0003...