B-215303.5: Jun 4, 1985

A firm protested a Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) contract award for a peer review organization for the Medicare program in the District of Columbia. HCFA initially argued that the protester was not an interested party; however, because the protester was protesting the evaluation of its own technical proposal as well as that of the awardee's proposal, GAO found that it was an interest...

B-215303.5: Jun 4, 1985

IS AN INTERESTED PARTY UNDER GAO BID PROTEST PROCEDURES SINCE IT MAY BE IN LINE FOR AWARD IF THE PROTEST CONCERNING THE EVALUATION OF ITS OWN PROPOSAL IS SUSTAINED. AGENCY EVALUATION OF THE INDIVIDUAL PROPOSED GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE PROTESTER AND THE AWARDEE UNDER AN RFP IS NOT ARBITRARY OR CONTRARY TO PROCUREMENT LAW IN VIEW OF THE CONSIDERABLE AGENCY DISCRETION INVOLVING A HIGH DEGREE OF SU...