B-279920: Aug 6, 1998

A firm protested an Agency for International Development (AID) contract award for technical and advisory services, contending that AID: (1) unreasonably evaluated the technical proposals; (2) failed to conduct meaningful discussions; and (3) failed to rationally justify its award selection. GAO held that AID: (1) reasonably evaluated the technical proposals consistently with the stated evaluation...

B-279920: Aug 6, 1998

Is denied where the record. Shows that the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the stated evaluation criteria. 2. Protest that contracting agency improperly failed to discuss a weakness found in the protester's initial proposal is denied where there is no evidence that it was considered a significant weakness and its existence did not prevent the protester from having a reasonable chance...