GAO Sustains Protest Where Agency Said Too Much and Too Little During Discussions

In Total Home Health, B-417283, B-417283.2, a decision made public this month, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) sustained a protest where the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) had misled the protester by discussing only some, but not all, of the overpriced Contract Line Items (CLINs) that made the protester’s pricing uncompetitive.  The decision also demonstrates the low evidentiary standard to establish prejudice.