B-280011.2: Oct 1, 1998

A firm protested an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) purchase order for certain full-service landscape maintenance and management services, contending that EPA: (1) exhibited bias; and (2) conducted a price auction. GAO noted that EPA: (1) was not biased in favor of the awardee, since both bidders were given an equal opportunity to revise their quotes based on reduced solicitation requirement...

B-280011.2: Oct 1, 1998

DIGEST Contracting agency's decision to modify statement of work after receipt of initial quotations to reflect its actual needs is unobjectionable where offerors were given an equal opportunity to revise their quotes based on the reduced requirement. The types of groundskeeping activities included in the statement of work (SOW) were lawnmowing and thatch removal. The proposed prices were $23. The...