B-281030,B-281030.2: Dec 21, 1998

DIGEST Award is improper where awardee's proposal does not conform to material solicitation requirements regarding preventive maintenance services. Offerors were to "furnish all necessary personnel. The RFP listed the Beckman instruments that were to be covered (providing model numbers and quantities). Stated that the contractor was to provide "trained personnel with experience in the repair and m...

B-281030,B-281030.2: Dec 21, 1998

A firm protested a National Institute of Environmental Health Services (NIEHS) contract award for equipment maintenance, contending that the awardee submitted a technically noncompliant best and final offer (BAFO) which NIEHS attempted to cure by engaging in improper discussions. GAO held that the award was improper because the awardee's proposal did not conform to material solicitation requiremen...