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 2006-04-26 monographic deposited born digital 5 p. GA 1.13:B-297790.4 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-297790-4 P0b002ee18fd47185 f:2977904 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-297790-4 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-297790-4 B-297790.4 Comptroller General Decision 1. Government Accountability Office recommends that protester be reimbursed the reasonable costs of filing and pursuing protests where the agency unduly delayed taking corrective action in response to protests which were clearly meritorious as indicated by the fact that the corrective action was in response to "outcome prediction" alternative dispute resolution conducted by GAO attorney after the agency report has been filed.<p/> 2. Where agency downgrades the protester's past performance to "little confidence" because it lacks experience in several functional areas covered by the solicitation and this directly resulted in a higher priced proposal being selected for award, and agency conducts discussions but does not mention to the protester this evaluated lack of experience, the agency has failed to conduct meaningful discussions. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-297790-4/html/GAOREPORTS-B-297790-4.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-297790-4/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-297790-4.pdf GAO/B-297790.4 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-297790-4 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-297790.4; B-297790.4, T Square Logistics Services Corporation--Costs, April 26, 2006;