Costs Recommended Where Agency Cannot Provide Documentation Supporting its Price Realism Analysis; GAO B-413444.3, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company–Costs

Protester’s request for reimbursement of protest costs is granted, where the agency delayed taking corrective action in response to a clearly meritorious protest arguing the agency had failed to conduct a price realism analysis, as provided for in the solicitation; and reimbursement of additional costs is not recommended, where the protester’s further arguments are not clearly meritorious and relied upon distinct and unrelated factual and legal bases.