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 1997-10-08 monographic deposited born digital 5 p. GA 1.13:B-277385 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-277385 P0b002ee18fd432d7 f:277385 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-277385 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-277385 B-277385 Comptroller General Decision

1. Where agency permitted competitive range offerors to submit information to clarify ambiguities in their proposals and requested responses in the form of best and final offers (BAFO), the agency conducted discussions; these discussions were not meaningful where the agency failed to advise the protester of its concern regarding the protester's proposed noncompliant delivery schedule which, while it was readily correctable, provided the basis to reject the protester's BAFO as technically unacceptable. <p/>2. Where the agency's needs regarding the type of processor that it required changed after receipt of proposals, the agency improperly failed to issue an amendment alerting offerors of the revised requirement and providing all offerors an opportunity to submit proposals based on the agency's actual requirement. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-277385/html/GAOREPORTS-B-277385.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-277385/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-277385.pdf GAO/B-277385 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-277385 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-277385; International Data Systems, Inc., B-277385, October 8, 1997; Title 31 Section 3553(d)(3)(C)(i)(I) Title 31 Section 3554(b)(2) 31 U.S.C. 3553(d)(3)(C)(i)(I) 31 U.S.C. 3554(b)(2)