B-274454.4: May 14, 1997

A firm requested reconsideration of its dismissed protest of a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) contract award for home oxygen services and equipment. GAO had held that: (1) while VA's disregard of a settlement agreement from a previous protest to impanel an entirely new evaluation board to evaluate best and final offers (BAFO) was improper, this action did not compromise the evaluation or prej...

B-274454.4: May 14, 1997

DIGEST General Accounting Office will not consider a protest concerning the enforceability of a settlement agreement unless it alleges that the agreement. Asserting that it was entitled to the appointment of an entirely new evaluation board. Slightly higher-priced BAFO was more advantageous to the government than AMA's BAFO and affirmed the award to PSA. Which was furnished to AMA's counsel under...