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[Protest of HHS RFQ as Unduly Restrictive]

B-221287: Mar 10, 1986

A firm protested that a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) solicitation for journal writing and editing services unduly restricted competition, contending that: (1) certain experience requirements unfairly favored the journal's former managing editor; and (2) the former managing editor's husband was on the journal's editorial board. GAO held that: (1) HHS reasonably determined that the...

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B-221287, MAR 10, 1986, 86-1 CPD 234

B-221287: Mar 10, 1986

EVALUATION SCHEME FOR PROPOSALS FOR SCHIZOPHRENIA JOURNAL EDITING SERVICES THAT HEAVILY WEIGHTS OFFEROR'S SPECIFIC EXPERIENCE EDITING SCHIZOPHRENIA ARTICLES RATHER THAN PSYCHOLOGICAL/PSYCHIATRIC ARTICLES GENERALLY IS REASONABLE WHERE AGENCY HAS SHOWN THAT SUCH EXPERIENCE DIRECTLY RELATES TO THE OFFEROR'S ABILITY TO PERFORM THE SERVICES. CONTRACTING AGENCIES ARE NOT REQUIRED TO USE EVALUATION CRITE...

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