B-286466,B-286466.2: Jan 12, 2001

A firm protested the Air Force's rejection of its bid for research and development, contending that the Air Force (1) improperly evaluated its proposal as being not technically sound and (2) failed to conduct meaningful discussions. GAO held that the Air Force (1) evaluated the protester's bid in accordance with the solicitation's evaluation criteria, (2) reasonably rejected the protester's propos...

B-286466,B-286466.2: Jan 12, 2001

Protester's assertion that the solicitation "[did] not indicate in any way that the CRL will be considered in source selection" is without basis. 2. Agency's discussions with protester were meaningful where written evaluation notices advised protester of multiple portions of its proposal which failed to comply with solicitation's minimum requirements. Which reflects DOD's requirements for both han...