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[Protest of Department of Education Contract Award for Selection and Captioning of Educational Films]

B-220868: Mar 5, 1986

A firm protested a Department of Education contract award for the selection and captioning of educational films, contending that: (1) the technical evaluation of its proposal was flawed because the agency did not follow the solicitation's evaluation criteria; (2) the agency improperly failed to rescore the proposals after the receipt of best and final offers; (3) one of the evaluators and an inade...

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B-220868, MAR 5, 1986, 86-1 CPD 220

B-220868: Mar 5, 1986

COST OR PRICE MAY BECOME THE DETERMINATIVE FACTOR IN MAKING AN AWARD NOTWITHSTANDING THAT IN THE EVALUATION CRITERIA COST WAS OF LESS IMPORTANCE THAN TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS. A PROTESTER'S MERE DISAGREEMENT WITH THE DETERMINATION THAT PROPOSALS ARE ESSENTIALLY EQUAL DOES NOT RENDER THE EVALUATION OBJECTIONABLE. SOURCE SELECTION OFFICIALS ARE NOT BOUND BY THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS OF EVA...

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