United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao_comptroller_general legislative 2016-06-23 U.S. Government Publishing Office 1996-02-15 monographic deposited born digital 5 p. GA 1.13:B-270702 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-270702 P0b002ee18fd48b32 f:270702 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-270702 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-270702 B-270702 Comptroller General Decision

Where the protester fails to timely protest a defect in the solicitation's initial proposal award provision, that is, the failure of the solicitation to include one of two mandatory alternate clauses which indicate either the agency's intention to conduct discussions prior to making an award or the agency's intention to award without discussions, the agency's decision to award a contract on the basis of initial proposals without discussions to an offeror which submitted a higher technically rated, higher-priced proposal was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-270702/html/GAOREPORTS-B-270702.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-270702/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-270702.pdf GAO/B-270702 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-270702 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-270702; Carter Industries, Inc.; Title 10 Section 2305(a)(2)(B)(ii) 10 U.S.C. 2305(a)(2)(B)(ii)