B-289160.2: Mar 13, 2002

A firm requested that GAO recommend reimbursement of its protest costs incurred in connection with its protest of the award by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for janitorial services, contending that EPA failed to hold meaningful discussions with the protester and improperly evaluated its proposal. GAO found that there is no basis to find that EPA did not promptly implement the promised...

B-289160.2: Mar 13, 2002

DIGEST Request for protest costs is denied where agency agreed to take corrective action before protest report was due and there is no basis to find that it did not promptly implement the promised corrective action. We will do so. We consider agency corrective action prompt where it is proposed before the agency's administrative report is due. We will recommend the award of protest costs where we...