Protester Failed to Explain or Justify Exceptions to RFP’s Technical Requirements; GAO B-416582, Ellwood National Forge Company—Protests and Costs

Protest challenging the agency’s evaluation of the protester’s proposal as technically unacceptable is denied, where the protester’s final proposal revision clearly stated exceptions to the technical requirements without clarifying that these exceptions were either alternative avenues to meeting the requirement or within the allowed deviation.