B-277029.3: Feb 18, 1998

A firm protested the Department of Education's exclusion of its proposal from the competitive range, contending that its proposal was sufficiently detailed to show compliance with solicitation requirements and any deficiencies could have been remedied through discussions. GAO held that the protester's proposal was so deficient that it had no chance of being selected for award. Accordingly, the pro...

B-277029.3: Feb 18, 1998

DIGEST Exclusion of protester's proposal from competitive range was where agency reasonably Concluded that proposal contained informational deficienices so prevasive that it did not demonstrate protester's understanding of solicitation requirements and thus had no reasonable change of being selected for award. Award was to be based on a best value evaluation. The RFP specifically provided that "[a...