As many of us know, GAO stated in Major Contracting Services, B-401472, that agencies must EITHER evaluate for exercise of the Dash 8 Clause (FAR 52.217-8) at award OR do a sole-source justification/evaluate price when the time comes and they decide to exercise it.
If an agency wants to do the former, meaning, the agency wants to try to evaluate for exercise of the Dash 8 Clause at award, how would the agency do that? Is the CO supposed to add the price of the Dash 8 Clause to the price of