B-279637.2: Jul 20, 1998

Agency did not conduct misleading discussions where protester and awardee both initially proposed similar number of staffing hours for food services and the agency advised both offerors that these staffing hours were understated. Protest that agency should have found awardee's proposal technically unacceptable because awardee may not comply with requirement that at least 50 percent of the cost of...

B-279637.2: Jul 20, 1998

A firm protested an Army contract award for full food and dining facility attendant services, contending that the Army improperly: (1) evaluated technical proposals; (2) conducted discussions with the awardee; and (3) participated in the Small Business Administration's (SBA) determination of the awardee's eligibility for award. GAO held that the: (1) Army did not conduct misleading discussions, si...