Protester Can’t Recover Costs of Initial Protest That Lacked Specificity Needed to Put Agency on Notice of Evaluation Errors; GAO B-414650.27, Ace Info Solutions, Inc.—Costs

Request that GAO recommend the agency reimburse a greater portion of the protester’s costs than the agency has agreed to pay is granted in part, where the protester’s challenge to the best value tradeoff decision was intertwined with its successful challenge to the past performance evaluation.