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 1997-09-16 monographic deposited born digital 7 p. GA 1.13:B-277213 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-277213 P0b002ee18fd47e05 f:2772132 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-277213 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-277213 B-277213 Comptroller General Decision 1. Pre-award survey conducted by contracting agency of successful offeror's prospective responsibility did not constitute improper discussions with only that offeror, even though agency subsequently decided to request best and final offers, where agency held discussions with the protester as well as other offerors prior to the request for best and final offers, the information obtained during the pre-award survey did not change the results of the selection decision in any way and, in any case, protester does not identify any specific areas of its proposal it should have been given an opportunity to improve.<p/>2. An awardee did not materially misrepresent the availability of its proposed personnel where it obtained resumes from such personnel and had a reasonable basis to expect that the employees would be available for contract performance. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-277213/html/GAOREPORTS-B-277213.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-277213/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-277213.pdf GAO/B-277213 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-277213 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-277213; Dynamic Resources, Inc., B-277213; B-277213.2, September 16,;