B-271510: Jul 15, 1996

A firm protested a Military Sealift Command (MSC) contract award for layberth facilities, contending that MSC: (1) failed to conduct meaningful discussions regarding its minimum mandatory requirements; and (2) improperly evaluated its bid. GAO held that MSC: (1) conducted meaningful discussions with the protester regarding the safe working area requirement; (2) was not obligated to grant the prote...

B-271510: Jul 15, 1996

Agency evaluation of the protester's proposal and subsequent decision not to grant the protester a waiver of a safe working area requirement was unobjectionable where the waiver determination was entirely a matter of agency discretion and there were other offerors. The protester alleges that the Navy failed to conduct meaningful discussions and that its proposal was improperly evaluated. To provid...