https://www.gao.gov/products/403422

B-278579.2: Jul 29, 1998

Agency decision to narrow the competitive range without considering protester's low proposed price was improper where proposal received good ratings and was not determined to be technically unacceptable. 2. Protester's contention that evaluation of its proposal was unreasonable is sustained where the record shows that the agency's evaluation materials ignored evidence of required experience provid...

https://www.gao.gov/products/160955

B-278579.2: Jul 29, 1998

A firm protested a Forest Service contract award for the location and installation of permanent forest inventory plots, contending that the Forest Service improperly: (1) evaluated its proposal; and (2) narrowed the competitive range. GAO held that the Forest Service: (1) improperly narrowed the competitive range without considering the protester's low price and technically acceptable proposal; an...