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 2007-06-08 monographic deposited born digital 6 p. GA 1.13:B-299523 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-299523 P0b002ee18fd48035 f:299523 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-299523 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-299523 B-299523 Comptroller General Decision Protest that agency failed to conduct meaningful discussions with protester by not raising concerns about what was, in essence, an alternate proposal to compress the construction schedule for this effort from 38 months to 11 months, with no supporting documentation, is denied where the protester offered the compressed construction schedule in a two-sentence response to the solicitation's call for "betterments," which were defined as components or systems that would exceed the solicitation's stated minimums, and the agency reasonably elected to view the response as inconsistent with the kind of improvements sought by the solicitation, and did not raise the matter during otherwise appropriate discussions, or consider it further in any way. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-299523/html/GAOREPORTS-B-299523.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-299523/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-299523.pdf GAO/B-299523 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-299523 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-299523; B-299523, Head Inc., June 8, 2007;