B-271034: Jun 7, 1996

A firm protested an Army contract award for an automated storage and retrieval system, contending that the Army: (1) should have rejected the awardee's proposal because it did not meet the Army's minimum requirements; and (2) improperly downgraded its technical proposal. GAO held that the: (1) Army improperly relaxed the solicitation's experience requirements for the awardee, to the protester's pr...

B-271034: Jun 7, 1996

Award to an offeror that had expertise/experience with a similar software system but not the Army's software system was an improper relaxation of the RFP's stated minimum requirement. The protester contends that the agency should have rejected GI's proposal as unacceptable because GI did not meet the RFP's minimum qualifications. The primary objective of the system is to provide efficient service...