Protester Should Have Challenged Conflict Between Best Value, LPTA Solicitation Terms Prior to Bid; GAO B-414335.2, Curtin Maritime Corporation

Protest challenging the agency’s source selection decision is denied, where the solicitation defined “best value to the government” as the lowest-priced technically acceptable bid, and therefore the agency was required to award the contract to the lowest-priced offer, and where the protester was required to challenge this ambiguity prior to the submission of bids.