Terhune v. N. Cascade Tr. Servs., Inc.

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• finding that pricing differences between offerors arising from discussions with the government were the result of the offer-ors’ business decisions
• finding that “the [agency] did not use a ‘significantly different basis’ in evaluating proposals than was disclosed,” when it assigned the awardee a strength for specified experience that was not “explicitly require[d]” by the solicitation.
• noting that the agency “handled pricing realism in an appropriate manner” when it “was concerned with price variances, which it brought to the offer-ors’ attention during discussions, and ‘was satisfied with the responses it received-’ ” (citations omitted)
• admitting affidavit of the Source Selection Authority which was part of the bid protest at the GAO to avoid speculation and to foster accuracy
• considering a bid protest founded in part on allegations of misleading discussions
• concurring with an advisory opinion by GAO that a firm’s decision to adjust prices as a result of discussions with the agency “reflects the exercise of the firm’s own business judgment, not improper conduct by the agency”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).