B-277497: Oct 17, 1997

A firm protested an Army contract award for the lease of pagers and related services, contending that the Army failed to consider the technical superiority of the protester's proposal and instead made award on the basis of low price. GAO held that the Army reasonably selected the awardee's technically acceptable low bid, since the solicitation did not contain evaluation factors other than price. A...

B-277497: Oct 17, 1997

DIGEST Protest that agency failed to evaluate and consider the alleged technical superiority of a proposal for a commercial item is denied where the solicitation did not include any technical evaluation factors and it is clear that award was to be made on the basis of low price. The requirement at issue was originally solicited by the Army under invitation for bids (IFB) No. Which was canceled on...