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 1999-05-13 monographic deposited born digital 8 p. GA 1.13:B-281995 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-281995 P0b002ee18fd4e956 f:281995 DGPO 2016-06-24 2016-06-24 GAOREPORTS-B-281995 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-281995 B-281995 Comptroller General Decision

1. Agency rejection of offer under multiple-award Federal Supply Schedule<p/>solicitation on the basis that the offered prices were not reasonable is unobjectionable where the offeror increased its markup of supplier prices after negotiations were concluded and failed to provide any explanation to support the reasonableness of the increase, which called for a markup almost twice as high as the rate established by the contracting officer as a negotiation objective.<p/>2. Contracting Officer reasonably rejected unacceptable offer without engaging in further negotiations where agency had engaged in discussions with offeror for more than a year in an attempt to bring offer into compliance.<p/>___________________________________________________________________________ https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-281995/html/GAOREPORTS-B-281995.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-281995/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-281995.pdf GAO/B-281995 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-281995 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-281995; Concepts Building Systems, Inc., B-281995, May 13, 1999; Title 31 Section 3901et seq. 31 U.S.C. 3901et seq.