Solicitation Identified Contested Capability As “Desirable” Not Mandatory; GAO B-416896, The Lioce Group

Protest challenging the agency’s rejection of a quotation as technically unacceptable is sustained, where the RFQ and pre-submission Q&A stated that certain capabilities were desirable, but did not suggest they were mandatory, and therefore it was unreasonable for the agency to reject the protester’s quotation for failing to propose this capability.