B-286086: Nov 17, 2000

A firm protested a Department of Agriculture (USDA) contract award for a real-estate lease, contending that USDA unreasonably evaluated its proposal. GAO held that USDA reasonably evaluated the protester's bid in accordance with the solicitation's evaluation criteria. Accordingly, the protest was denied...

B-286086: Nov 17, 2000

DIGEST Protest alleging unfairness and bias in evaluation of firm's proposal for rental of office space is denied where the record shows the agency reasonably downgraded firm's proposal. Was not willing to accept Sockey's offer at $14.80 per square foot. The contracting officer concluded that Sockey's final offered rate of $14.00 per square foot was unreasonable and terminated the negotiations wit...