B-280283.3: Dec 22, 1998

Protest of technical evaluation is denied where it is merely based on protester's disagreement with the evaluators' conclusions. 2. Protest that discussions were not meaningful is denied where record establishes that protester was led into the areas in which the agency was concerned that the proposal needed amplification and improvement. D&A principally alleges that its proposal was misevaluated a...

B-280283.3: Dec 22, 1998

A firm protested the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) rejection of its bid for multifamily real estate assessment and analysis services, contending that HUD: (1) misevaluated its proposal; and (2) failed to conduct meaningful discussions. GAO held that HUD: (1) reasonably evaluated the protester's bid in accordance with the solicitation's evaluation criteria; and (2) conducted m...