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 2016-06-24 U.S. Government Publishing Office 1998-03-05 monographic deposited born digital 8 p. GA 1.13:B-278715 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-278715 P0b002ee18fd4ba21 f:278715 DGPO 2016-06-24 2016-06-24 GAOREPORTS-B-278715 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-278715 B-278715 Comptroller General Decision 1. Contracting agency engaged in meaningful discussions where it advised offeror during written discussions that composite labor category prices for services contract were either too high or too low and it gave offeror more specific indications of its concern during oral discussions, even though the agency did not specify which categories were high and which were low; contracting agency is not required to conduct all-encompassing discussions, but is only required to lead offerors into those areas of their proposal needing amplification, given the context of the procurement. <p/>2. Contracting agency properly determined that offeror's price proposal was unrealistically low based on comparison with prices received from other offerors, the independent government estimate, market survey prices, and the current contract price. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-278715/html/GAOREPORTS-B-278715.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-278715/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-278715.pdf GAO/B-278715 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-278715 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-278715; The Centech Group, Inc., B-278715; B-278715.2, March 5, 1998;