A contract award for information technology support services was upheld because the protester was not prejudiced by the government's failure to amend a solicitation pricing requirement. On cross-motions for judgment on the administrative record, the court held the government violated FAR 15.206(a) by accepting the awardee's nonconforming pricing for a contract line item without amending the solicitation. The court found the awardee's price for the CLIN did not comply with requirements in the request for proposals for including all relevant hardware and software costs and listing the constituent elements separately. Thus, the government's application of the RFP's pricing requirements represented a change in the solicitation's evaluation terms that should have resulted in a formal modification to the solicitation.
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