Agency’s Failure to Evaluate All Proposed Options a Clearly Meritorious Allegation; GAO B-413774.3, Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc.—Costs

Protester’s request that the Government Accountability Office recommend reimbursement of the costs of filing and pursing its protest is granted, where the agency missed several deadlines for submitting its response to the protest, and where a reasonable inquiry would have uncovered evidence that the protester’s initial allegations were meritorious.