B-281242: Jan 12, 1999

DIGEST Protest that bid is so front-loaded that it is unbalanced is denied where record shows that the differences between the awardee's prices for the challenged line items and the other bidders' prices. Were not so great as to require a finding that the awardee's pricing was unbalanced. Ranco contends that Ascend's bid was unbalanced and cannot properly form the basis for the awarded contract. T...

B-281242: Jan 12, 1999

A firm protested an Army Corps of Engineers contract award for construction services, contending that the awardee's bid was unbalanced. GAO held that the awardee's bid was not unbalanced, since the differences between the awardee's prices and the other bidders' prices were relatively small. Accordingly, the protest was denied...