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 1998-07-24 monographic deposited born digital 8 p. GA 1.13:B-279811 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-279811 P0b002ee18fd46456 f:279811 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-279811 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-279811 B-279811 Comptroller General Decision 1. Agency properly excluded protester's two proposals from the competitive range where protester's responses to discussion questions (especially regarding ability to comply with system capacity requirements, which was identified as a proposal deficiency) lacked sufficient detail to satisfy agency's concerns about feasibility of approach and protester's understanding of requirements, and where record shows that, as a result, protester's proposals no longer had a reasonable chance for award.<p/>2. Contracting agencies are not obligated to afford all-encompassing discussions that "spoon-feed" an offeror each item that must be addressed to improve a proposal; agencies are only required to lead offerors into the areas of their proposals considered deficient and requiring amplification. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-279811/html/GAOREPORTS-B-279811.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-279811/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-279811.pdf GAO/B-279811 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-279811 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-279811; Applied Companies, B-279811, July 24, 1998;