B-276033: May 5, 1997

A firm protested an Army contract award for scientific and technical support services, contending that the Army: (1) improperly awarded maximum technical scores to each bidder's proposal; and (2) performed an unreasonable cost realism evaluation, partly due to a flawed government cost estimate. GAO held that: (1) although its protest was filed 2 months after its debriefing, the protester timely fi...

B-276033: May 5, 1997

Is denied where the record shows that: (1) the protester sought a debriefing within 10 days of contract award. (2) the debriefing was delayed because of the unavailability of agency technical personnel. (3) the information which forms the basis for protest was withheld from the protester at the debriefing. (4) the information was later provided to the protester in response to a Freedom of Informat...