B-277916.2:
Mar 4, 1998
A firm protested a Panama Canal Commission (PCC) contract award for the cleaning and painting of four miter gate leaves, contending that PCC: (1) improperly did not hold discussions with it concerning deficiencies that PCC found in the protester's bid; and (2) unreasonably downgraded its bid. GAO held that: (1) PCC should have held discussions with the protester, since almost all of the deficienci...