B-275798.3: Jul 9, 1997

A firm requested reimbursement of its protest costs pursuant to its successful protest of a Government Printing Office (GPO) contract award for production and distribution of various Army publications. GAO held that the firm was entitled to reimbursement of its protest costs, since GPO unduly delayed taking corrective action after receiving the firm's meritorious protest questioning the propriety...

B-275798.3: Jul 9, 1997

DIGEST Protester's request to recover the costs of filing and pursuing its protest challenging an agency's evaluation of bid prices is granted where the agency failed to promptly or adequately investigate the clearly meritorious protest allegations questioning the propriety of the agency's calculations. The IFB was issued on October 9. "are a factor in determining award" and required bidders to "s...