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 2003-06-30 monographic deposited born digital 24 p. GA 1.13:B-292101 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-292101 P0b002ee18fd4c891 f:292101 DGPO 2016-06-24 2016-06-24 GAOREPORTS-B-292101 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-292101 B-292101 Comptroller General Decision 1. Attorneys' requests for admission to GAO protective order are granted, notwithstanding agency's objections, where the attorneys have provided evidence that they are not competitive decisionmakers for a client (or another relevant firm), which has not been rebutted by the agency. 2. Solicitation for a fixed-priced contract to provide travel management services which required contractors to use developmental software did not place undue risks on offerors where the agency identified the performance uncertainties and provided sufficient information to allow offerors to intelligently prepare their proposals. 3. Solicitation contemplating multiple awards to small businesses for travel management services, which grouped the 87 nationwide locations into 28 *travel areas,* did not constitute improper bundling in violation of the Competition in Contracting Act of 1984, where the procurement approach was reasonably required to satisfy the agency's legitimate needs. 4. Under a solicitation contemplating multiple awards for travel management services in 28 *travel areas,* agency, which provided general advice to the offerors as to what it would consider in deciding how many travel areas an offeror, apparently in line for award under these travel areas, would be capable of performing, is not required to furnish further precise details about how it would perform this aspect of the evaluation. 5. Where an amendment to a solicitation, issued after proposals were received, significantly changed the offered contractual relationship of the parties by shifting significant risk to the government, the agency was required to reopen the competition to firms that did not submit proposals because the record evidenced that some firms may not have submitted proposals because of this risk. 6. Price evaluation scheme for travel management procurement does not provide a reasonable basis for comparing the relative costs of the proposals, where prices for categories of services which will not be provided are part of the scheme. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-292101/html/GAOREPORTS-B-292101.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-292101/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-292101.pdf GAO/B-292101 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-292101 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-292101; AirTrak Travel etal., B-292101; B-292101.2; B-292101.3; B-292101.4; B-292101.5, June 30, 2003;