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Lease Protest Falls Flat, GAO Finds Solicitation Terms Were Not Restrictive

The protester challenged the terms of a solicitation for leased office space, arguing that the required occupancy date was unduly restrictive because it was designed solely to avoid paying the incumbent holdover damages, and that the solicitation should have factored those holdover costs into the price evaluation.

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