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 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2005-03-14 monographic deposited born digital 7 p. GA 1.13:B-295502 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-295502 P0b002ee180395314 f:295502 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-B-295502 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-295502 B-295502 Comptroller General Decision 1. Where solicitation established an evaluation scheme providing for application of price evaluation adjustment on behalf of eligible small disadvantaged business (SDB) offerors, and agency, through its exchanges with protester prior to the submission of price proposals, led firm to believe that adjustment would be applied in the event that protester established its eligibility, agency cannot defend its failure to accord protester the preference on the basis that the preference in fact is not authorized; rather, having led protester to base its price proposal on the expectation that it would benefit from the SDB price evaluation adjustment if it established its eligibility, if agency believes adjustment is not authorized for this procurement, agency should amend the solicitation to delete adjustment and reopen discussions so as to permit offerors to submit revised proposals. 2. Contracting officer's determination to deny a small disadvantaged business (SDB) concern the benefit of an SDB price evaluation adjustment essentially on the basis that the SDB could not comply with this provision must be referred to the Small Business Administration for final determination. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-295502/html/GAOREPORTS-B-295502.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-295502/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-295502.pdf GAO/B-295502 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-295502 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-295502; Liberty Power Corporation, B-295502, March 14, 2005;