B-274406: Dec 9, 1996

A firm protested an Army contract award for food services, contending that the Army: (1) conducted inadequate discussions with the protester; and (2) improperly selected the awardee's slightly higher-priced bid. GAO held that the Army: (1) properly awarded the contract to the high bidder, since it did not believe that the protester's lower price justified the risk of contract nonperformance; (2) w...

B-274406: Dec 9, 1996

Protest that contracting agency improperly failed to conduct sufficiently specific discussions with the protester regarding its staffing is denied where the record shows that the discussion questions asked conveyed the agency's concerns about staffing which reasonably could be discerned from the protester's initial proposal. Agencies are not required to notify offerors of deficiencies remaining in...