B-280430: Sep 1, 1998

A firm protested the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) rejection of its bid for natural gas, contending that its revised proposal included adequate evidence of its ability to purchase and transport natural gas below the index price and tariff rate. GAO noted that VA properly excluded the protester's proposal from the competitive range, since the protester failed to demonstrate the ability to pu...

B-280430: Sep 1, 1998

DIGEST Exclusion of protester's proposal from competitive range was not improper where agency reasonably concluded that the proposal failed to demonstrate the ability to purchase and transport natural gas at certain rates and terms. The RFP was issued on February 24 and. Award would be made to the offeror whose proposal conformed to the solicitation requirements and was most advantageous to the go...