No discounts, please.
GSA issued a solicitation for its 4PL ("Fourth-Party Logistics") program in which it requested vendors to quote a "market basket." Noting the "long history of gamesmanship related to the market basket in prior 4PL procurements," GSA disallowed discounts on individual items in the market basket. The protestor alleged that this violated the GSAR rule on voluntary discounts, but GSA and GAO agreed that the GSAR does not require GSA to accept voluntary discounts, even if offered. Protest denied.