B-204459: Apr 13, 1982

A firm protested its exclusion from the competitive range under a request for proposals (RFP) issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for analyses of toxic programs integration policy issues and for analyses of chemical control options. The protester contended that its highest rated technical proposal was improperly eliminated from the competitive range on the basis of cost, which was...

B-204459: Apr 13, 1982

COST CONSIDERATION - TECHNICALLY SUPERIOR OFFER EXCLUDED THE PRINCIPLE THAT PRICE OR COST MAY BECOME DETERMINATIVE WHERE TWO PROPOSALS ARE ESSENTIALLY EQUAL TECHNICALLY. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FACT THAT IN THE OVERALL EVALUATION SCHEME COST WAS OF LESS IMPORTANCE THAN OTHER EVALUATION CRITERIA. THE RECORD DOES NOT SUPPORT A FINDING THAT THE PROPOSALS WERE REGARDED AS ESSENTIALLY EQUAL TECHNICALLY. TH...