B-270860.3,B-270860.4: May 30, 1996

A firm claimed reimbursement for its protest costs incident to its successful protest of the Army's rejection of its bid for food, lodging, and transportation, and protested the Army's failure to award it the contract after the Small Business Administration (SBA) issued it a certificate of competency (COC). GAO held that: (1) the protester was entitled to reimbursement for its protest costs, since...

B-270860.3,B-270860.4: May 30, 1996

Protester is entitled to the costs of filing and pursuing its protest challenging the Army's evaluation of its technical proposal where the agency failed to promptly or adequately investigate the clearly meritorious protest allegations questioning the propriety of the evaluation. Protest that contracting agency improperly failed to award the contract to the protester after the Small Business Admin...